Job Opportunities with AI
April, 07, 2025
3min

For weeks now, Sofía, a young web developer, has been searching for a job without success. In recent weeks, she has sent out dozens of applications, participated in online interviews, and attended webinars on the latest tech trends. But so far, the response has been the same: “Thank you for your interest, but we’ve decided to move forward with other candidates.”
The phrase “looking for a job is a job in itself” keeps echoing in her mind, and she feels the job market for junior and trainee positions is oversaturated. Few job openings, and hundreds or even thousands of applicants on LinkedIn, make her feel like she’ll never land her first job.
Looking for work while needing to earn money is incredibly hard. Traditional jobs are very demanding. For Sofía, commuting to downtown Buenos Aires takes over two hours between trains and the subway — a reality that thousands live with. But she wants to spend that time continuing her search for her first opportunity as a web developer.
One day, while scrolling through her Twitter feed, Sofía comes across a tweet that could change everything. The tweet talks about crowdsourcing platforms that connect freelancers with specialized digital tasks. Intrigued, Sofía decides to dig deeper.
That’s how she discovers Populii, a platform that offers exactly what she needs — and lets her do something that truly catches her interest: working with AI.
Populii: The Leading Crowdsourcing Platform
The platform has positioned itself as one of the leading crowdsourcing platforms in AI development. But what exactly is data labeling? It’s the human work behind artificial intelligence: classifying images, transcribing text, or identifying emotions in voice recordings. These microtasks fuel massive volumes of data that teach AI systems — like the chatbots or image generators we use every day — to understand, respond, and act accurately.
Sofía thought, AI works well because there are thousands of people behind it, making the data make sense. So she began earning income in dollars during her free time from home — exactly what she needed to keep searching for job opportunities.