Research Scientist

Center for AI Safety(2 years ago)

San Francisco, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$140,000 - $180,000Research

About this role

The Center for AI Safety is a San Francisco–based nonprofit research organization focused on reducing catastrophic and existential risks from artificial intelligence. The Research Scientist will lead and execute research projects on topics such as Power Aversion, Trojans, Machine Ethics, and Reward Hacking, publish work at top conferences, and run large-scale experiments on the organization's compute cluster.

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Required Skills

PyTorch
HuggingFace
Distributed Training
Large Language Models
Dataset Design
Experimentation
NLP
Reinforcement Learning
Research
Communication

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
5+ Years Research Experience
Co-authored Top-Conference Paper

About Center for AI Safety

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The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a nonprofit research and field-building organization focused on reducing societal-scale risks from advanced artificial intelligence. CAIS conducts technical AI safety research, builds infrastructure and pathways into the field (including a compute cluster and researcher support), and publishes resources such as blog posts and a newsletter. It also works on advocacy and standards development to align industry, academia, and policymakers around stronger AI safety practices. Researchers, funders, and decision-makers rely on CAIS for pragmatic research, tools, and guidance to mitigate catastrophic AI risks.