Researcher

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve FLF's situational awareness and scenario foresight, especially on AI
• Notice and surface potentially impactful trends and scenarios
• Anticipate civilisational vulnerabilities and opportunities for positive change
• Investigate feasibility, core challenges and downside risks of early visions
• Work with founders and project staff to take roadmaps from concept to launch
• Act as research advisor to nascent projects and organisations
• Evaluate projects in motion and inform decisions to continue, expand or redirect
• Deliver workshops, presentations and reports with wider team support

Requirements

• Willingness to seriously consider a range of AI scenarios and risks
• Proven ability to perform high-quality research
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, communication and problem-solving skills
• Passion for furthering AI safety

Preferred Qualifications

• High-quality writing ability
• Experience developing software and AI applications
• Experience founding new organisations
• Familiarity with government, national security or thinktanks
• Publications in top-tier venues or relevant academic experience

Benefits

• Compensation competitive with Bay Area tech roles (excluding equity), plus full benefits
• US visa sponsorship available

About the Company

The Future of Life Foundation is a 501(c)(3) research non-profit focused on steering transformative technology toward benefiting life and away from extreme large-scale risks.