Senior Economist - AI Geostrategic & Economic Mechanisms

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Future of Life Institute (FLI)

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Artificial Intelligence • Biotechnology • Non-profit

Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to steering transformative technologies, such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, towards benefiting life and minimizing large-scale risks. The Institute focuses on cause areas like artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and nuclear weapons, advocating for policy changes and public awareness to mitigate associated risks. FLI engages in policy advocacy, outreach, grantmaking, and hosting events to discuss safe development and governance of these technologies. It collaborates internationally with entities like the United Nations and the European Union to ensure that powerful technologies are harnessed for positive future outcomes.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2014

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🧬 Biotechnology

🤝 Non-profit

💰 $482.5k Grant on 2021-11

📋 Description

• Develop economic models to anticipate how advanced AI systems could create novel systemic risks and vulnerabilities • Build scenarios for potential economic disruptions from rapid AI advancement, including deflation, labor displacement, and market concentration • Model how AI-driven productivity changes could interact with existing economic structures to create new forms of inequality or disruption • Analyze potential concentration of power dynamics across markets, regions, and demographic groups as AI capabilities advance • Identify early warning indicators for economic instability, financial system shocks, and deteriorating standards of living • Translate complex economic risk analyses into actionable insights and present to policymakers, multilateral institutions, and other key stakeholders • Collaborate with interdisciplinary experts to integrate economic risk perspectives into broader AI safety considerations

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD preferred) in Economics with expertise in labor economics and international economics • Demonstrated ability to rethink traditional economic models in response to paradigmatic disruptions • Strong publication or research record showing original thinking on economic systems and risks • Comfortable with uncertainty and using limited data, to predict novel economic phenomena • Excellent writing skills with proven ability to communicate complex economic concepts to non-specialist audiences • Self-motivated researcher with demonstrated interest in AI's systemic risks • Strong critical thinking skills for evaluating competing economic theories in unprecedented scenarios • Familiarity with US and EU policy landscapes and basic understanding of international relations • Systems thinking capability to identify complex interdependencies between economic factors • Training in econometrics or other applied quantitative methods • Coding proficiency (e.g., Python, R, or Rust) for economic risk modeling • Experience working in policy, multilateral institutions, or government contexts • Understanding of systemic risk analysis and complex adaptive systems • Knowledge of AI capabilities and their potential economic impacts • Background in macroprudential analysis or financial stability research • Experience with scenario planning or other foresight methodologies for identifying emerging risks • Familiarity with political economy approaches to power distribution and concentration • Experience analyzing the impacts of technological transitions or structural economic changes • Background in behavioral economics relevant to human responses to economic disruption

🏖️ Benefits

• plus good benefits for U.S. employees