PhD in Psychology, Political Science, Computational Social Science, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience in designing evaluations or studies on technology's impact on manipulation and social phenomena.
Responsibilities
Partner with teams to design evaluations on Harmful Manipulation risks and publish insights.
Collaborate on holistic risk assessments to evaluate deployment safeguards for advanced models.
Assist mitigation efforts by providing actionable insights across Google.
Engage with external stakeholders, including government and academic communities, to share research findings.
Benefits
Flexible working location options in New York, London, or Mountain View.
Access to a comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness programs.
Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
Participation in a collaborative and innovative work environment.
Full Job Description
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Minimum qualifications:
PhD degree in Psychology, Political Science, Computational Social Science, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience designing evaluations or studies to investigate the intersections of technology and manipulation, persuasion, social engineering, or related social phenomena.
Preferred qualifications:
Track record of driving complex projects, including in research settings.
Track record of publications in high impact domain-relevant conferences or journals (NeurIPS, CHI, FAccT, etc).
Ability to leverage AI tools to build and accelerate research pipelines or safety benchmark development.
Commitment to translating research insights into practical applications and working with cross-functional teams.
About the job
As part of the Responsible Development and Innovation (ReDI) team, you will be responsible for researching emerging risks within the Harmful Manipulation risk domain, developing and implementing novel evaluations to drive understanding of AI-driven harmful manipulation. Your work will range from conducting technical investigations, probing how DeepMind's most advanced AI models interact with and influence users, to informing mitigation and governance decisions, to publishing on novel methodologies and engaging with external stakeholders. You will have an opportunity to bridge research and practice, contributing novel approaches to help inform model development and deployment.
Partner cross-functionally to design and implement evaluations identifying Harmful Manipulation-related capabilities and risks; publish on novel methodologies and capabilities insights
Collaborate across teams to carry out holistic risk assessments, including determining if deployment safeguards are adequate for high-capability models.
Work across evaluation and mitigation teams to assist mitigation efforts, while collaborating across Google to provide novel and actionable insights.
Engage with external research community and stakeholders, including governmental entities, national safety institutes, third-party organisations (including the Frontier Model Forum), external subject matter experts, and academic communities.
About Google
Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
