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About the role
In this role, you would have the chance to work on all of the above areas. The work will be a mixture of researching, writing (for internal and external use), and engaging with collaborators and policymakers. Most of the day-to-day work is a combination of reading, writing, and meetings. Some example activities could include: Threat modeling, working out how AI systems could cause large-scale harm, and hopefully what actions could be taken to prevent this
What they're looking for
- There are no formal degree requirements to work on the team, however we are especially excited about applicants who have a strong background in AI Safety and have particular previous experience or familiarity working in (or as) one or more of:
- Compute governance. Technical knowledge of AI hardware / chips manufacturing and related governance proposals
- Policy (including AI policy) . Experience here could involve writing legislation or white papers, engaging with policy makers or other research in AI policy and governance
- Bonus: Research or engineering focused on frontier AI models or the AI tech stack. The role may involve creating or running model evaluations, benchmarking AI hardware, conducting scaling law experiments, and other empirical work
- We are also excited about candidates who are particularly strong in the following areas:
- Conscientiousness – You are diligent and hard-working, and complete your work reliably and dependably. You desire to do tasks well and effectively. You pay attention to details and are organized, and able to manage lots of small tasks and projects
More about this role
The Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) is a nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, focused on reducing existential risks from the transition to smarter-than-human AI. We've historically been very focused on technical alignment research. Since summer 2023, we have shifted our focus towards communication and AI governance. See our strategy update post for more details.
We are looking to build a dynamic and versatile team that can quickly produce a large range of research outputs for the technical governance space. Please feel free to fill out this form, or contact us at techgov@intelligence.org.
We focus on researching and designing technical aspects of regulations and policy that could lead to safe AI. The team works on:
Inputs into regulations, requests for comments by policy bodies (e.g. NIST/US CAISI, EU, UN)
Technical research to improve international coordination
Limitations of current AI safety proposals and policies
Communicating with and consulting for policymakers and governance organizations
Our previous publications are available on our website if you would like to read them. See our research agenda for the kinds of future projects we are excited about.
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