Surfer magazine desperately seeking human overlord for AI “staff”

"Jake Howard" needs a hard reset.

Did you imagine, ten or such years ago, that you would, today, be living in the future? Self-driving cars zipping up and down freeways, electric bicycles no longer requiring human legs, artificially intelligent surf writing bots who cover this Sport of Kings from the shadows of Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains.

Yes, the future is now with formerly respected institutions like Surfer Magazine leaning on bits and bytes named “Jake Howard” and “Emily Morgan” in order to give you, or rather Google’s algorithm, the information you crave.

Though is all not perfect with the machine?

In an overnight move stunning technology watchers, Surfer is openly casting for a human to keep its bots in check.

Per LinkedIn:

The Arena Group is looking for an experienced, dynamic, passionate and creative Editor-In-Chief for SURFER. This individual will be tasked with the exciting venture of relaunching the SURFER brands, as well as overseeing the content, direction, and future of the publication. Candidates must be self-starters who can thrive in both a start-up and corporate environment.

Very exciting though not without much responsibility listed here:

-Managing and leading the SURFER editorial team, including assigning stories and overseeing the writing, editing, and production process to the various AI bots.

-Ensuring that the content is accurate, relevant, and of high quality, and making final decisions on any controversial or sensitive material the bots might happen to mistake as “humanspeak.”

-Maintaining and growing surfing and adventure sports industry relationships whilst collaborating to bring more top robot talent to SURFER – such as “writers,” “photographers,” “creators,” “videographers,” and other digitized “media professionals” and building relationships with potential new sources including, but not limited to, ChatGPT.

-Consistently ensuring high standards of excellence, collaboration, and creativity across robot teams.

-Working with the business or management team to develop and implement strategies for growing the audience and increasing revenue through tricking readers into believing SURFER is real.

-Representing the publication or organization at events and in public, serving as the human face of the largely fake organization.

-Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments and using this knowledge to guide the editorial direction of the publication or organization seeing as the robots are often misguided, sometimes purposefully.

-Continuously looking for new ideas and opportunities to improve the publication or organization.

-Managing the budget for the editorial department, making sure that resources are allocated in the most efficient and effective way to the right machine.

-Continuously improving the skills of the editorial team by cleaning spam out of filters etc., providing guidance and mentorship by making sure robots are installed with the latest software updates.

-Ensuring a robust editorial calendar and pipeline of future content, whilst continuously uplevelling all imagery, advising on content experiences and collaborating on all social, commerce and experiential formats via advancements in artificial intelligence.

The lucky traitor will receive between $90,000 and $100,000 for helping further destroy humanity.

Do you have what it takes?

Apply here.