AI Training Work, Stage 1: Beginner Foundations

Curious about getting paid to train AI, but not sure where to start or whether it works from where you live?

This beginner guide explains the work in plain English and tells you honestly what to expect.

Inside you will learn:

• What AI training, evaluation and annotation work really is

• The words platforms use (prompt, rubric, RLHF, guidelines), explained simply

• The types of tasks you may be given

• The skills that get people accepted, with four practice exercises and answers

• Two paths: if you live in Nigeria, Ghana or West Africa, and if you are in the diaspora

• A platform table (Mercor, Mindrift, Alignerr, Outlier, DataAnnotation and more) with what public sources say about eligibility, pay and payouts

• How to get paid from Nigeria and Ghana: Payoneer, Grey, Raenest, Deel and what to check first

• How to spot scams

• A 14-day start plan, a quiz, a checklist and spreadsheet templates

Good to know: pay, country rules and payout options come from public 2026 sources that sometimes disagree, and platforms change them often. The guide shows you how to check each one. Nothing is guaranteed: you may not be accepted, and work can be irregular.

You get: an 18-page PDF guide and an Excel/Google Sheets template file (in one zip download).