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FAR.AI · 9 months ago

Research Scientist

Berkeley Office

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $175K/yr

FAR.AI is a non-profit AI research institute focused on ensuring advanced AI is safe and beneficial for everyone. They are seeking a Research Scientist to lead AI safety research projects and contribute to the development of best practices in the field.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)EventsNon Profit

H1B Sponsored

Responsibilities

Take ownership of and accelerate existing AI Alignment research agendas

Develop their own exciting AI Alignment research agendas

Lead novel research projects where there may be unclear markers of progress and/or success

Contribute to the development of best practices for AI safety research at FAR.AI and in the broader community

Publish research findings and engage with the AI safety community

Qualification

AI Alignment researchMachine learningIn relevant fieldResearch project leadershipTechnical communicationStatistical analysisAdversarial trainingRobustness evaluationMechanistic interpretability

Required

Take ownership of and accelerate existing AI Alignment research agendas

Develop their own exciting AI Alignment research agendas

Lead novel research projects where there may be unclear markers of progress and/or success

Contribute to the development of best practices for AI safety research at FAR.AI and in the broader community

Publish research findings and engage with the AI safety community

PhD or several years research experience in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning or statistics

Preferred

New and under-explored AI Alignment idea(s)

Experience leading and/or playing a senior role in research projects related to machine learning

Ability to effectively communicate novel methods and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

We will also pay for work-related travel and equipment expenses.

We offer catered lunch and dinner at our offices in Berkeley.

Company

FAR.AI

FAR.AI is a technical AI research and education non-profit, dedicated to ensuring the safe development and deployment of frontier AI systems.

Founded in 2022

San Diego, California, USA

11-50 employees

https://far.ai

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