Uber Pays PhDs To Train AI Because Drivingās So 2005
In a bold move that screams 'the future is now, hire a genius or drive a car,' Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed on a Q3 2025 earnings call that Uber is pivoting from airport shuttles and snack deliveries to "Digital Tasks," where some gigs require PhDs in physicsābecause teaching AI isnāt something a regular driver can do while dodging traffic. Since October 2025, Uber is piloting this AI training hustle in the US, already test-running in India, paying more than typical driver gigsāpresumably to those who donāt mind being replaced by robotaxis soon. Khosrowshahi, speaking at the Concordia Summit, hinted that this might be a profitable growth line, which is great if you know how to annotate security cam videos or whisper sweet scientific formulas to AI models.
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Uberās new job description: must have a PhD in physics to train AI, because apparently "drive to airport" didnāt scream cutting-edge career. Next up, Uber launching PhD internships to replace human drivers with algorithms smarter than us all.
Congratulations, humans: if you're not battling rush hour, you could soon be battling robot taxis while tutoring AI on the side. Uber's trivia night just became a quantum physics lecture.
Uberās steering from rides to AI gigs so drivers can chase their PhD dreams. Or just learn to code while their next fare is buffered by a robot taxi glitch.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/4/2025 | Author: Alex Bitter
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