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Researcher, Health AI

Develops safe and reliable AI models for healthcare applications using techniques like RLHF, automated red teaming, and scalable oversight. Requires PhD, 4+ years in deep learning/LLM research, and focus on practical AI safety improvements.

295k – 445k/yr
Hybrid4+ YOEAI Research

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design and apply practical and scalable methods to improve safety and reliability of our models, including RLHF, automated red teaming, scalable oversight, etc.
  • Evaluate methods using health-related data, ensuring models provide accurate, reliable, and trustworthy information.
  • Build reusable libraries for applying general alignment techniques to our models.
  • Proactively understand the safety of our models and systems, identifying areas of risk.
  • Work with cross-team stakeholders to integrate methods in core model training and launch safety improvements in OpenAI’s products.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience with deep learning research and LLMs, especially practical alignment topics such as RLHF, automated red teaming, scalable oversight, etc.
  • Ph.D. or other degree in computer science, AI, machine learning, or a related field.
  • Stay goal-oriented instead of method-oriented, and are not afraid of unglamorous but high-value work when needed.
  • Possess experience making practical model improvements for AI model deployment.
  • Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
  • Are a team player who enjoys collaborative work environments.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in health-related AI research or deployments.

Skills

LLMsRLHFDeep LearningAutomated Red TeamingScalable OversightAi SafetyAi AlignmentHealth Ai

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