AI Risk Management Researcher

March 16

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Future of Life Institute (FLI)

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Independent non-profit reducing extreme, large-scale risks from transformative technologies.

artificial intelligence • biotechnology • European Union • nuclear • climate change

11 - 50

💰 $482.5k Grant on 2021-11

Description

• Lead research on a set of key gaps in the global risk management of advanced AI systems • Develop and explain new analytical methodologies for adaptation by AI evaluators and auditors • Apply security mindset to analyzing prospective AI proliferation and usage dynamics • Research AI R&D processes, AI safety, and prospective AGI capabilities • Research and develop impact assessments related to global security, national security, public health, wellbeing, and other topics related to AI risk management • Write papers explaining groundings and processes for developing and implementing risk management analyses • Draft methodologies for AI developers and auditors • Focus on either comprehensive risk quantification of systems/models/datasets or questions of offense-defense balances of capabilities from systems/models/datasets

Requirements

• A M.Sc. or higher, or a B.Sc. plus 6 years of experience in Computer Science, Security Studies, Risk Management, AI Policy, Cybersecurity or a closely related field • Demonstrated focus on machine learning, AI, safety engineering, AI policy, complex systems, operations research, or operational risk management • Experience in any two or more of: Security mindset, Security studies research, Cybersecurity, AI governance, Operational risk management, Catastrophe risk management, Operations research, Industrial engineering, Futures studies, Foresight methods, Leading labs, Ontologies and knowledgebases, Incentive studies, Criminal psychology, or Technical standards development • Relevant publications • Skilled in developing informal, semi-formal, and formal models • Skilled in technical and expository writing • Experience working on, tracking, and successfully completing multiple concurrent tasks to meet deadlines with little supervision

Benefits

• Salary $150,000 - $180,000 a year • Good benefits