Technical Governance Researcher

The role

The Technical Governance Researcher will research and design technical aspects of regulations and policy for safe AI. The role involves a mixture of researching, writing, and engaging with collaborators and policymakers.

What you will do

• Threat modeling how AI systems could cause large-scale harm
• Responding to US government agency Requests for Comment
• Learning and applying risk management practices from other industries to AI
• Designing and implementing evaluations of AI models
• Preparing and presenting informative briefings to policymakers
• Writing reports on the limitations of government or AI developer policy documents
• Designing new AI policies and standards
• Maintaining focus on solutions that scale to smarter-than-human intelligence

Required qualifications

• Strong background in AI Safety
• Experience or familiarity with compute governance including technical knowledge of AI hardware or chips manufacturing and related governance proposals
• Experience in policy including writing legislation or white papers or engaging with policy makers
• Strong AI Safety generalist with ability to think clearly and carefully about AI safety
• Agency
• Conscientiousness
• Comfort learning on the job
• Generative thinking
• Internal communication skills
• External communication skills
• Broadly aligned with MIRI's values and willing to work toward MIRI's goals
• Passionate about MIRI's mission

Nice to have

• Research or engineering focused on frontier AI models or the AI tech stack

Benefits

• Health insurance (Kaiser and Blue Shield)
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• No vacation policy

Before you apply

• We can potentially sponsor visas for particularly promising candidates

About the company

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.