About the job
Join Our Team as a Research Engineer
At FAR. AI, a pioneering non-profit AI research institute, we are committed to ensuring that advanced AI technologies are safe and beneficial for all. Our mission encompasses facilitating groundbreaking AI safety research, enhancing global understanding of AI risks and solutions, and promoting a cohesive global response to these challenges. Since our inception in July 2022, we have rapidly expanded to include a talented team of over 30 professionals.
FAR. AI is uniquely positioned to undertake technical research that exceeds the scale of traditional academia while enjoying the research freedom inherent to non-profit organizations. Our impactful work has been presented at prestigious conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML, and has garnered attention from leading media outlets including the Financial Times, Nature News, and MIT Technology Review.
Our approach to improving AI safety is structured around three key pillars:
FAR. Research - We conduct innovative AI safety research in-house and also provide grants to support the broader research community.
FAR. Futures - We unite influential policy makers, researchers, and corporate leaders to catalyze change, exemplified by initiatives like the San Diego Alignment Workshop and the Guaranteed Safe AI research roadmap developed in collaboration with Yoshua Bengio.
FAR. Labs - We operate a collaborative workspace in Berkeley, fostering the incubation of various AI safety organizations, currently supporting 40 members.
About FAR. Research
Our research efforts focus on exploring promising avenues in AI safety, emphasizing the scaling of those with the highest potential for impact. Upon addressing core research challenges, we aim to develop minimum viable prototypes to validate these concepts in collaboration with AI companies and governmental bodies.
