Researcher, Policy
Artificial-intelligence research and product company building customizable AI systems, including the Tinker training API and Inkling open-weight models.
Funding history
About Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab develops AI products that let researchers and developers fine-tune and use models, while also releasing open-weight multimodal models.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will help create the policy research agenda, focusing on open-weight models, customization and human-AI collaboration. You'll analyze existing AI policy proposals, produce internal and public-facing research introducing new frameworks, build relationships with think tanks and academic communities, and design external research partnerships.
Requirements
- Experience conducting original research on AI governance, technology policy, economics or related fields
- Ability to translate between technical details, societal impacts and policy design
- Degree in history, politics, economics, international affairs, AI or related discipline
- Clear communication of complex governance topics
- Comfort operating under uncertainty
Responsibilities
- Develop the policy research agenda with leadership and technical teams
- Help set views on policy topics including long-term safety, societal impacts and legislation
- Analyze existing AI policy proposals to identify gaps
- Produce internal and public-facing policy research
- Build relationships with think tanks, policy organizations and academic AI governance communities
- Design external research partnerships including commissioned research, grants and convenings
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation support
- Visa sponsorship