Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Policy Advisor

Washington, DC

Sponsorship not specified$100k-$300kDetected 56 days ago
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About the role

  • In this role, you would have the chance to work on all of the above areas.
  • Brief government offices on topics related to AI risk and AI policy, representing MIRI's focus.
  • Take existing policy ideas from MIRI and others and identify implementation details to make these plans more concrete.

Responsibilities

  • Our technical governance team focuses on researching and designing technical aspects of regulations and policy that could lead to safe AI.
  • In this role, you would have the chance to work on all of the above areas. The work will primarily be engaging with collaborators and policymakers, with a mixture of researching and writing in support. Some specific tasks that you might do:
  • Do the full stack of AI policy research. For example, identify gaps in existing policy proposals based on other MIRI research and develop the relevant policies from broad idea to draft legislation.
  • You proactively keep teammates/manager in the loop about the status of projects you manage, when things are falling behind, when you need more information.
  • Are passionate about MIRI's mission and excited to support our work in reducing existential risks from AI.
  • The work will primarily be engaging with collaborators and policymakers, with a mixture of researching and writing in support.

Skills

  • The range is due to the wide possibility space of experience and skills that candidates may bring.

Compensation

  • Compensation – $100–300k.

Benefits

  • Health insurance (the best available plans from Kaiser and Blue Shield) as well as dental and vision coverage.

Company info

  • Creation of policies that would decrease the probability of unsafe AI while preserving the ability to create safe AI
  • Inputs into regulations, requests for comments by policy bodies (e.g. NIST/US CAISI, EU, UN)
  • Technical research to improve international coordination, such as research about verification mechanisms
  • Communicating with and consulting for policymakers and governance organizations
  • We are also excited about candidates who are particularly strong in the following areas:
  • In addition, we are looking for candidates who:
  • We are looking to build a dynamic and versatile team that can lead to implementation of our governance research.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Visas - We can potentially sponsor visas for particularly promising candidates.
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