Research Scientist, FSF Risk Modeling and Governance, DeepMind
Google, London, England, United Kingdom +2
About the job
Minimum qualifications
- PhD in Economics, Philosophy, or a STEM subject, or equivalent practical
experience.
- 3 years of research experience in frontier AI safety or governance (e.g., in
threat modeling, safety frameworks, or dangerous capability/alignment evaluations).
Preferred qualifications
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics to leads, governance bodies
and policy experts.
- Track record of driving complex projects, including in research settings.
- Track record of applying conceptual and quantitative reasoning methods to
uncertain and under-constrained research or forecasting problems.
About the job
We are hiring a research scientist to lead governance research and risk modeling work for the Frontier Safety Framework (FSF). The FSF is Google’s framework for addressing possible severe risks from its frontier AI models. Both risk modeling and governance innovation are key to its continued success. Risk modeling helps Google understand the extent of the severe threats our models may pose, what mitigations are appropriate for addressing them, and whether, after the mitigations are applied, risk has been brought to a low enough level for different kinds of deployment. Frontier AI risk assessment is still nascent, and we are strengthening our efforts here in preparation for AGI.