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Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety
Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety
OpenAISan Francisco, CA
AI safety & policy
Full-time
AI safety & policy
Full-time
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Description
Conduct technical research and build safety measures for advanced AI systems, focusing on risks from recursive self-improvement and loss of control.
  • Develop scalable oversight, automated auditing, and model behavior evaluations
  • Stress-test monitoring systems for scheming and other misalignment risks
  • Build prototypes and integrate successful approaches into safety pipelines
  • Coordinate technical safety work across teams and external communications
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