[ExI] Job openings on AI and xrisk at FHI

[Michael Butler]

Anders, Robin Hanson might be a good person to forward this to on the "six
degrees" principle. I don't have his contact info handy at the moment.
On Dec 9, 2015 3:13 AM, "Anders Sandberg" <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> 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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