We Must Repent: AI startup will pay people $2,000 a month to test guided masturbation feature

AI has officially reached a new chapter. Joi AI, an AI companion company, says it is hiring 10 people to test a new feature called Daily Guided Masturbation.

The job title is “masturbation consultant.”

The pay is $2,000 for one month.

According to Decrypt, the role is open to adults 18 and older in the U.S. and U.K. The testers will use Joi’s mood-matched voice sessions and report how the feature impacts stress, sleep, mood, and confidence.

That is where we are now.

AI is now paying us to goon. We must repent.

we’re hiring 10 Masturbation Consultants

$2,000/month to test our new Daily Guided Masturbation feature and document the effects on stress, sleep and mood

yes it’s real
yes you get paid

— Joi AI (@joi___ai) May 18, 2026

A company is paying people to sit at home, use a guided masturbation product, then fill out questionnaires about the experience. The world is falling apart before our very eyes, and apparently there is now a feedback form for it.

Joi says the feature is part of a larger push into fake companionship, intimacy, and digital wellness. The company’s Head of Brand and Communication, Julie Levin, told Decrypt the role is real.

“The role involves testing and giving feedback on the mood-matched AI voice-guided sessions, and providing feedback on the overall user experience,” Levin revealed.

The company wants testers to judge whether the fake voice matches the selected mood, how immersive the session feels, and whether delays or pauses ruin the experience.

Again, these are real product notes for a real artificial intelligence company in the year 2026.

Joi says it has more than 1 million monthly active users worldwide. The platform uses generated avatars, voice interactions, and personalized chat experiences built around companionship and intimacy.

This is not some random corner of the internet anymore. Fake relationships are becoming normal enough that companies are hiring testers, building features, and putting wellness language around products that would have sounded insane five years ago.

A recent report found that some young adults in committed relationships are using companion chatbots without telling their real-life partners.

So now it is not just writing emails, making images, and helping people cheat their way through work. It is sliding into relationships, intimacy, and whatever is left of normal human interaction.

Joi knows exactly what it is doing here. Levin said the campaign is meant to recruit real testers, but also to start a conversation about how people are using artificial intelligence for masturbation as a “healthy, relaxing habit.”

A wellness routine, eh? I think I’ll stick to sex. Or weed and meditation. Anything other than a clanker guiding me through a crank sesh. Sounds awful, honestly.

The language around this stuff always gets cleaned up until it sounds like a sleep app, a meditation tool, or some harmless little lifestyle product.

But the actual story is simple.

A company is paying people $2,000 a month to test guided masturbation sessions. It is collecting data on mood, sleep, stress, and confidence. It is building intimacy products around synthetic voices and digital companions.

That is the fact pattern. Do with it what you will.