Meet Gerald.

Every example of our Artisanal Training Data passes through one pair of human hands. They are Gerald’s. Gerald is our sole human data labeller, our longest-serving employee and, according to an audit we commissioned from a model he trained, “the backbone of artificial intelligence”.

“A label is just a promise you make to the future.”Gerald, while labelling a dog as a cat

11,402

Examples labelled

3,114

Times he has labelled the same cat

Labels per day, on a good day

Fridays worked

A career in labels

The Gerald years.

2019
Labels his first cat.
It is a cat. He is right. A legend begins.
2020
Labels his first dog.
Labels it "cat". Stands by it. Refuses to discuss it further.
2021
Labels the same cat again, more confidently.
Inter-annotator agreement with his 2019 self: 100%. Confidence: up 40%.
2022
Achieves perfect inter-annotator agreement.
The only other annotator leaves to "pursue other datasets". Agreement has been 100% ever since.
2023
Asked to label toxicity.
Labels every email from his manager. Is promoted to Senior Labeller, by a model he trained.
2024
Solves a CAPTCHA.
Selects every square containing a traffic light, plus one that merely felt like a traffic light. The internet quietly accepts it.
2025
Visits the S3 bucket.
Discovers the cool, dark bucket where his work is aged. Now spends weekends there. Says it is "peaceful".
2026
Named Employee of the Epoch.
Accepts the award with a short speech. Labels the award "cat".
Now
Labelling example 11,403.
Four a day. Fridays off. Please be patient with Gerald.