Research Scientist
Eleos AI Research, Berkeley
The role
Eleos is hiring scientists to do foundational and applied machine learning research into the potential well-being and moral status of AI systems. You will work at the intersection of machine learning, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind, doing original, rigorous research to guide and inform decision-makers at frontier AI companies, policymakers, and the public.
What you will do
- Design and conduct empirical research on foundational topics relevant to the potential well-being and moral status of AI systems, such as LLM preferences and values https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13339, the ability of LLMs to introspect https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17120, persona vectors https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17031, and the representation of valence in LLMs