Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)

GovAI is looking for an Executive Assistant to our Director! 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 1 September 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eASHDe5n GovAI was founded to help humanity navigate the transition to a world with advanced AI. One crucial input to achieving this mission is our Director’s ability to focus on steering the organisation in the right direction. We are looking for an Executive Assistant to GovAI’s Director to help him prioritise correctly and to leverage his time most effectively. The Executive Assistant will help the Director prioritise among competing objectives and tasks, track work streams and processes, protect his attention and focus, and free up his time by taking over some routine tasks.

We have opened applications for our 2025 Winter Fellowship! It provides an opportunity for early-career individuals or established professionals new to the field of AI governance to spend three months working on an AI governance research project, learning about the field, and making connections with other researchers and practitioners. We are looking for candidates who are strongly considering using their careers to study or shape the long-term implications of AI. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 11 August 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ercTMgze

GovAI is hiring! We’re looking for researchers who are interested in using their career to positively influence the lasting impact of artificial intelligence to join our team as Research Fellows or Research Scholars. See more details below. Research Fellow We are looking to hire one or more Research Fellows. We are open to candidates with a wide range of research interests and backgrounds, who have a demonstrated ability to produce excellent research and care deeply about the lasting impacts of AI.  The role would offer significant flexibility, access to a broad network of experts, and opportunities for collaboration. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eMCHFsi8 Research Scholar (General) Research Scholar is a one-year visiting position. It is designed to support the career development of AI governance researchers and practitioners, while offering an opportunity to do high-impact work. Over the course of the year, you will deepen your understanding of the field, connect with a network of experts, and build your skills and professional profile, all within an institutional home that offers both flexibility and support. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/evt7EvE8 Research Scholar (Technical Research) In this round, we would like to highlight our interest in candidates who can conduct technical research to inform AI governance decisions. Technical research questions often have foundational policy implications, but most AI governance researchers lack the technical expertise needed to answer them. For that reason, we are especially excited to receive applications from candidates with strong technical backgrounds. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/epMYk8rt Research Scholar (US Policy) In this round, we would also like to highlight our interest in candidates who intend to focus on US policy and work primarily from Washington, DC. A DC-based Research Scholar could serve as a bridge between US policy conversations and other research happening at GovAI. They could also lead projects on US policy questions. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eyd2nCwH Research Scholar (Special Projects) In this round, we would also like to highlight our interest in candidates who intend to manage projects or launch new initiatives. Illustrative examples include organising policy events, piloting field-building programs, or starting new organisations. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eBKKUQfX

GovAI is hiring! We’re looking for researchers who are interested in using their career to positively influence the lasting impact of artificial intelligence to join our team as Research Fellows or Research Scholars. See more details below. Research Fellow We are looking to hire one or more Research Fellows. We are open to candidates with a wide range of research interests and backgrounds, who have a demonstrated ability to produce excellent research and care deeply about the lasting impacts of AI.  The role would offer significant flexibility, access to a broad network of experts, and opportunities for collaboration. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eMCHFsi8 Research Scholar (General) Research Scholar is a one-year visiting position. It is designed to support the career development of AI governance researchers and practitioners, while offering an opportunity to do high-impact work. Over the course of the year, you will deepen your understanding of the field, connect with a network of experts, and build your skills and professional profile, all within an institutional home that offers both flexibility and support. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/evt7EvE8 Research Scholar (Technical Research) In this round, we would like to highlight our interest in candidates who can conduct technical research to inform AI governance decisions. Technical research questions often have foundational policy implications, but most AI governance researchers lack the technical expertise needed to answer them. For that reason, we are especially excited to receive applications from candidates with strong technical backgrounds. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/epMYk8rt Research Scholar (US Policy) In this round, we would also like to highlight our interest in candidates who intend to focus on US policy and work primarily from Washington, DC. A DC-based Research Scholar could serve as a bridge between US policy conversations and other research happening at GovAI. They could also lead projects on US policy questions. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eyd2nCwH Research Scholar (Special Projects) In this round, we would also like to highlight our interest in candidates who intend to manage projects or launch new initiatives. Illustrative examples include organising policy events, piloting field-building programs, or starting new organisations. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday 7 July 2024 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eBKKUQfX

We are looking for a Research Manager to join our team. The Research Manager will be responsible for managing and continually improving the systems that underlie our research pipeline. Deadline for applications: 3 June 2024 Info and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/eku5F3W6

We are looking for a Policy Team Project Manager to join GovAI. As Policy Project Manager, you will work closely with GovAI's Head of Policy, Markus Anderljung; our Policy Team; and others at GovAI involved in policy engagement. You will facilitate our policy engagement, boost the Policy Team’s research output, and support its smooth functioning. For more information and to apply, click the link below: 🗓 Deadline for applications: 17th March https://lnkd.in/eJizp_iC

GovAI is hiring. We have recently opened applications for our 1-year visiting Research Scholar positions. There are several versions of this role: Research Scholar (General) Research Scholar is a one-year visiting position. It is designed to support the career development of AI governance researchers and practitioners — as well as to offer them an opportunity to do high-impact work. As a Research Scholar, you will have freedom to pursue a wide range of styles of work. This could include conducting policy research, social science research, or relevant technical research; engaging with and advising policymakers; or starting and managing applied projects. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 GMT Sunday 17 March 2024. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5_-NpdV Research Scholar (Technical Research) In this round, we would especially like to highlight our interest in candidates who can conduct technical research to inform AI governance decisions. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 GMT Sunday 17 March 2024. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/esV4h3vP Research Scholar (US Policy) We are also interested in candidates who intend to focus on US policy and work primarily from Washington, DC. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 GMT Sunday 17 March 2024. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eTJC-n-f Research Scholar (Special Projects) Finally, we are looking for candidates who intend to manage projects or launch new initiatives. Illustrative examples include organising policy events, piloting field-building programs, or starting new organisations. 📅 Deadline: 23:59 GMT Sunday 17 March 2024. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eZjuRwKf

GovAI is searching for an Operations Associate to join our team. *Applications close Wednesday, March 6*. For more information about the role and to apply, please follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/ePR56uJk

GovAI is searching for a Research Management Associate to join our team. For more information about the role and to apply, please follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/eHeZtX_n

Today, we’re publishing “Computing Power and the Governance of AI”. We argue that compute is a particularly promising node for AI governance. We also highlight the risks of compute governance and offer suggestions for how to mitigate them. We summarize our findings and key takeaways, while also offering our own commentary in a GovAI blog post. Find the paper and our summary in my comment below. — Compute is a key driver of AI progress. Over the past thirteen years, the amount of compute used to train notable AI systems has increased by a factor of 350 million. This has enabled the major AI advances that have recently gained global attention. Governments around the world are already targeting compute, eg, EO 14110 introduced a notification requirement for models trained with more than 1e26 operations. Moreover, the EO includes reporting requirements for large compute clusters. Policymakers could use compute to: - (1) facilitate regulatory visibility of AI, - (2) allocate resources to promote beneficial outcomes, and - (3) enforce restrictions against irresponsible or malicious AI development and usage. Compute is easier to govern than other inputs to AI. As such, compute can be used as a tool for AI governance. However, just because compute can be used as a tool to govern AI doesn’t mean that it should be used in all cases. Compute governance is a double-edged sword, with both potential benefits and the risk of negative consequences: it can support widely shared goals like safety, but it can also be used to infringe on civil liberties, perpetuate existing power structures, and entrench authoritarian regimes. Indeed, some things are better ungoverned. Compute governance is one tool among many available to policymakers and it should be wielded carefully and deliberately. We suggest excluding small-scale AI compute and non-AI compute, implementing privacy-preserving technologies, and other methods to reduce unintended harm. Lastly, we intend for this paper to provide a basis for continued research. We hope that readers will be motivated to closely engage with the paper’s arguments, take little for granted, publicly raise disagreements, and offer alternative ideas. Authors include: Girish Sastry, Haydn Belfield, Markus Anderljung, Miles Brundage, Julian Hazell, Cullen O'Keefe, Gillian K. Hadfield, Richard Ngo, Konstantin F. Pilz, George Gor, Emma Bluemke, Sarah Shoker, Ph.D., Janet Egan, Robert Trager, Shahar Avin, Adrian Weller, Yoshua Bengio, Diane Coyle. We summarize our findings and key takeaways, while also offering our own commentary in a GovAI blog post. Find the paper and our summary in my comment below.