The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) invites applications
for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work on safety challenges
associated with increasingly general artificial intelligence systems.
Research efforts are being devoted globally to developing artificial
intelligence systems with greater generality: an ability to function
effectively in a wider range of environments, and to solve a broader
range of tasks. Looking ahead, there are likely to be areas of
scientific and intellectual progress that will require the types of
planning, abstract reasoning, and meaningful understanding of the world
that we associate with general intelligence in humans and animals. A key
question is whether systems with a greater degree of generality may have
different risks and unknowns in comparison to the more specialised,
constrained systems we are used to.
The Associate will contribute to and lead technical research on topics
including: use of resources, performance on tasks requiring general
intelligence, and rates of progress in artificial intelligence. The
research will link to the growing body of work on different aspects of
AI safety, with the aim of better understanding the links between the
capability, generality and safety of AI systems.
As well as producing targeted research outputs within these areas, the
Research Associate will collaborate on project organisation, and will
build collaborations with world-leading partners in academia and
industry, building on existing connections between CSER, the Leverhulme
Centre for the Future of Intelligence and research groups at Cambridge,
Oxford, Imperial, OpenAI, the Partnership on AI and others. This is an
exciting opportunity for a talented researcher to engage in a
cutting-edge research programme and to develop their own lines of enquiry.
Applicants must have:
- A PhD in a relevant field or professional experience in a relevant
research area commensurate with the requirements of the role.
- Expertise relevant to the focus area.
- The ability to engage with scientific literature ranging from
AI/machine learning, to AI safety, to performance measurement and testing.
- Evidence of ability to work in collaborative environments, and the
ability to engage with diverse communities of experts.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Evidence of a serious research interest in the research foci of the
Centre.
Fixed term: Funding for this post is available for two years in the
first instance
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and
encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are
eligible to live and work in the UK.
Deadline for applications: August 26, 2019.
More information and application procedure at:
https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/22457/
Project information: https://www.cser.ac.uk/research/paradigms-AGI/
Open Position: Research Associate in Paradigms of Artificial General Intelligence and Their Associated Risk, University of Cambridge
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