[ExI] Job openings on AI and xrisk at FHI

[Anders Sandberg]

Sorry for dragging my job onto the list, but maybe I can get some 
list-members into our office :-)

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The Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford invites 
applications for four research positions. We seek outstanding applicants 
with backgrounds that could include computer science, mathematics, 
economics, technology policy, and/or philosophy.

The Future of Humanity Institute is a leading research centre in the 
University of Oxford looking at big-picture questions for human 
civilization. We seek to focus our work where we can make the greatest 
positive difference. Our researchers regularly collaborate with 
governments from around the world and key industry groups working on 
artificial intelligence. To read more about the institute’s research 
activities, please see http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/research/research-areas/.

*1. Research Fellow – AI – Strategic Artificial Intelligence Research 
Centre, Future of Humanity Institute* (Vacancy ID# 121242). We are 
seeking expertise in the technical aspects of AI safety, including a 
solid understanding of present-day academic and industrial research 
frontiers, machine learning development, and knowledge of academic and 
industry stakeholders and groups. The fellow is expected to have the 
knowledge and skills to advance the state of the art in proposed 
solutions to the “control problem.” This person should have a technical 
background, for example, in computer science, mathematics, or 
statistics. Candidates with a very strong machine learning or 
mathematics background are encouraged to apply even if they do not have 
experience with AI safety topics, assuming they are willing to switch to 
this subfield. Applications are due by Noon 6 January 2016. You can 
apply for this position through the Oxford recruitment website at 
http://bit.ly/1M11RbY.

*2. Research Fellow – AI Policy – Strategic Artificial Intelligence 
Research Centre, Future of Humanity Institute* (Vacancy ID# 121241). We 
are looking for someone with expertise relevant to assessing the 
socio-economic and strategic impacts of future technologies, identifying 
key issues and potential risks, and rigorously analysing policy options 
for responding to these challenges. This person might have an economics, 
political science, social science, or risk analysis background. 
Applications are due by Noon 6 January 2016. You can apply for this 
position through the Oxford recruitment website at http://bit.ly/1OfWd7Q.

*3. Research Fellow – AI Strategy – Strategic Artificial Intelligence 
Research Centre, Future of Humanity Institute* (Vacancy ID# 121168). We 
are looking for someone with a multidisciplinary science, technology, or 
philosophy background and with outstanding analytical ability. The post 
holder will investigate, understand, and analyse the capabilities and 
plausibility of theoretically feasible but not yet fully developed 
technologies that could impact AI development, and to relate such 
analysis to broader strategic and systemic issues. The academic 
background of the post-holder is unspecified, but could involve, for 
example, computer science or economics. Applications are due by Noon 6 
January 2016. You can apply for this position through the Oxford 
recruitment website at http://bit.ly/1jM5Pic.

*4. Research Fellow – ERC UnPrEDICT Programme, Future of Humanity 
Institute* (Vacancy ID# 121313). This Research Fellowship will work on a 
new European Research Council-funded UnPrEDICT (Uncertainty and 
Precaution: Ethical Decisions Involving Catastrophic Threats) programme, 
hosted by the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. 
This is a research position for a strong generalist, and will focus on 
topics related to existential risk, model uncertainty, the precautionary 
principle, and other principles for handling technological progress. In 
particular, this research fellow will help to develop decision 
procedures for navigating empirical uncertainties related to existential 
risk, including information hazards and situations where model or 
structural uncertainty are the dominating form of uncertainty. The 
research could take a decision-theoretic approach, although this is not 
strictly necessary. We also expect the candidate to engage with the 
research on specific existential risks, possibly including developing a 
framework to evaluate uncertain risks in the context of nuclear weapons, 
climate risks, dual use biotechnology, and/or the development of future 
artificial intelligence. The successful candidate must demonstrate 
evidence of, or the potential for producing, outstanding research in the 
areas of relevance to the project, the ability to integrate 
interdisciplinary research in philosophy, mathematics and/or economics, 
and familiarity with both normative and empirical issues surrounding 
existential risk. Applications are due by Noon 6 January 2016. You can 
apply for this position through the Oxford recruitment website at 
http://bit.ly/1HSCKgP.

Alternatively, please visit http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ or 
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/ and search using the above vacancy IDs for 
more details.

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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University

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