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Senior Technical Specialist, AI Risk Assessment

5 months, 1 week ago
Anywhere, United States
Full-time
Senior
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Bluesky

Bluesky

Bluesky is a social media platform that offers a unique and interactive experience for users to connect, create, and have fun. JavaScript is required for its heavily interactive web application.

Internet Software & Services
Founded 2021
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Description

  • Develop techniques for identifying threat models and producing risk pathway analyses that account for societal and sociotechnical dimensions.
  • Model how risks transform, amplify, and cross thresholds through multi-node social systems.
  • Design robust technical governance frameworks and assessment methodologies for catastrophic AI risks, including loss-of-control scenarios.
  • Provide quality control for the team’s research to ensure conceptual soundness and technical accuracy.
  • Lead or own original research projects on comprehensive risk management for advanced AI systems.
  • Collaborate across CARMA teams to integrate risk assessment approaches with related workstreams.
  • Contribute to technical standards and best practices for AI evaluation, risk measurement, and risk thresholding.
  • Craft persuasive communications for key stakeholders about AI risk management.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in AI safety, alignment, and/or governance.
  • Strong understanding of risk modeling approaches such as causal modeling, Bayesian networks, and systems dynamics.
  • Experience with systemic and sociotechnical modeling of risk propagation.
  • Excellent analytical thinking with the ability to identify subtle flaws in complex arguments.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Publication record or equivalent demonstrated expertise in relevant areas.
  • Systems-thinking approach with independent intellectual rigor.
  • Track record of constructive collaboration in fast-paced, intellectually demanding environments.
  • Comfort with uncertainty and rapidly evolving knowledge landscapes.
  • Preferred background in complex systems theory, control theory, cybernetics, multi-scale modeling, or dynamical systems.
  • Preferred work history at AI safety research organizations, technical AI labs, policy institutions, or adjacent risk domains.
  • Experience with quality assurance processes for technical research is preferred.
  • Ability to model threshold effects, nonlinear dynamics, and emergent properties in sociotechnical systems is preferred.
  • Understanding of international dynamics and power differentials in AI development is preferred.
  • Experience with causal, Bayesian, or semi-quantitative hypergraphs for risk analysis is preferred.
  • Demonstrated methodical yet creative approach to framework development is preferred.
  • U.S. work authorization is required for employee status; candidates outside the U.S. may be engaged as independent contractors.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.

Benefits

  • $140,000 - $220,000 annual salary for the role.
  • Remote, globally open position.
  • Full-time contract opportunity.
  • Good benefits for U.S. employees.
  • Occasional travel required, with the role otherwise entirely remote.

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