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Research Mentor, Technical AI Safety

Mentor top graduates on multi-agent safety, interpretability and automated red-teaming projects.

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  • 3 to 5Hours a week
  • Ongoing mentorshipFormat
  • RemoteWhere you work
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The role

You mentor the research of our top cohort graduates. The main focus is multi-agent safety, and we also want mentors from interpretability, evals and red-teaming. Your job is to help researchers scope projects, review drafts and get the work out into the world.

What you will do

  • Mentor 2 to 4 researchers per cycle on technical AI safety projects
  • Focus on multi-agent safety: emergent coordination, collusion, cascade failures
  • Take on interpretability, evals or red-teaming projects as well
  • Review drafts and push them towards publication: papers, EA Forum, LessWrong, Substack
  • Aim for 3 to 10 research outputs per cycle across your mentees

What we look for

  • An active research background in multi-agent systems, interpretability, evals or red-teaming
  • At least one published paper, preprint, workshop paper or substantial EA Forum post
  • Ability to give honest, structured feedback on research drafts
  • 3 to 5 hours a week, consistently

Recommended background: Published researchers, PhD candidates, SPAR, MATS or ARENA alumni, or senior alignment practitioners.

What you get

  • Co-authorship on research papers

  • A letter of recommendation for your own fellowship or role applications

  • Priority for paid roles when funding arrives

How selection works

  1. 1

    Application form

    Your background, any AI safety courses or projects, and your weekly time, in the form below.

  2. 2

    Work test

    A short, practical task for your role, done in your own time, so we can see how you work.

  3. 3

    Interview

    A conversation with our core team about fit, cohort logistics, mentorship support and onboarding.

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Your time, and your experience for this role.

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Hours a week you can give

This role needs 3 to 5 hours a week.

Your research areas

A paper, preprint, workshop paper or substantial EA Forum post.

Help our top graduates get their research out.

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