Research Assistant

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone passionate about AI safety and governance. CARMA is seeking a Research Assistant to support our projects in Comprehensive Risk Assessment Offense-Defense Balances and Positive-Sum Geostrategic Dynamics. You will supplement the knowledge skills and total bandwidth of our team.

About the Organization

The Center for AI Risk Management & Alignment (CARMA) envisages humanity being able to pull itself together enough to steer the reins of its perilous journey to transformative AI successfully. CARMA's mission is to help accomplish that to lower the risks to humanity and the biosphere from transformative AI. Via better grounding AI risk management via policy research squarely addressing AGI via showing a path to better tradeoffs in technical safety and by fostering global perspectives on durable safety CARMA aims to provide critical support to society for managing the outsized risks from advanced AI.

CARMA is a fiscally-sponsored project of Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc. a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation. We collaborate closely with a variety of NGOs in the space and are well connected to achieve real impact with the gaps we fill.

Responsibilities

* Conducting literature reviews and summarizing findings

* Fact-checking and validating data

* Assisting in the preparation of research reports and articles

* Regular progress reporting

Requirements

* A college degree plus 1 year of experience

* Familiarity with one or more of the following spaces: AI safety AGI safety Responsible AI Trustworthy AI

* Skilled in technical and expository writing

* Detail-oriented with excellent communication skills

* Ability to work independently with flexible hours

* A desire to contribute to AI safety and governance

Pluses

* Degree from a technical field

* Understanding of AI safety (e.g. introductory fellowship level equivalent)

* Background in technical AI safety systems engineering computer science biosecurity or national security

* Relevant publications

* Ambition and initiative in solving complex problems

CARMA/SEE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will not discriminate on the basis of race ethnicity sex age religion gender reassignment partnership status maternity or sexual orientation. We are by policy and action an inclusive organization and actively promote equal opportunities for all humans with the right mix of talent knowledge skills attitude and potential so hiring is only based on individual merit for the job. Note that we are unable to sponsor visas at this time but non-U.S. contractors would also be considered.

$38 - $52 an hour

Plus benefits if full-time in the U.S.