Researcher, Frontier Strategy & Governance
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At Google DeepMind we value diversity of experience knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.
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On the Frontier Strategy and Governance Team we help Google DeepMind and society prepare for a world with advanced AI. To do this we conduct research brief senior leadership on AGI governance priorities and drive strategic initiatives in partnership with GDMs policy safety and responsibility teams.
We are a collaborative team with expertise spanning political science international relations security economics history technical AI safety and other domains. We are interested in recruiting a wide range of expertise including on forecasting geopolitics international relations international security global governance political economy technical governance risk management and the history of technology.
We have a strong preference for people who can join in London though we also have hubs in NYC and the Bay Area.
About Us
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The Role
Researchers join Google DeepMind to work collaboratively within and across a range of research fields. They develop solutions to fundamental questions in machine learning computational neuroscience AI and AI policy and governance. We are looking to hire in mid-career and senior levels though will also consider early-career candidates. Those coming from academia may join us from their PhD post-doc or professor positions.
Key responsibilities:
- Prepare briefings and recommendations for Google DeepMind leadership.
- Proactively identify research and company initiatives that will have a meaningful impact on executive decision-making.
- Monitor trends and developments in the AI landscape and implications for AI safety strategy and governance; cultivate relationships with external domain experts and partners; and share targeted updates with internal audiences.
- Produce insightful engaging and actionable memos research and risk analysis that are easily digestible by internal decision makers.
- Propose contribute to and lead research projects related to the governance safety and security of advanced AI at Google DeepMind.
- Build and contribute to internal and external collaborations through involvement in working groups presentations and the writing of memos.
About You
In order to set you up for success as a Researcher at Google DeepMind we look for the following skills and experience:
- PhD or MA equivalent research or practical experience in a relevant field.
- 5 years of experience in positions related to governance policy or strategy research or technical fields like technical safety security and hardware.
- Generalist with a breadth of abilities. Expertise in a relevant field (e.g. forecasting geopolitics international relations and international security global governance economics technical governance risk management and the history of technology).
- Knowledge of the technical AI landscape policy-making and history of major government decisions relevant to AI and the global governance of AI.
- Professional communication writing and presentation skills. Ability to quickly get up to speed and synthesise complex material into accessible documents tailored to different audiences.
In addition the following would be an advantage:
- Technical expertise (such as ML AGI safety security forecasting).
If you dont think you meet all the criteria we encourage you to still apply. Applications close on Thursday 2nd April at 5pm.
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Artificial intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. We research and build safe artificial intelligence systems. We're committed to solving intelligence, to advance science and benefit humanity.
