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AI Safety Researcher

Also known as: AI Alignment Researcher, Machine Learning Safety Specialist, Responsible AI Researcher, AI Risk Analyst

AI Impact Score

25/100

AI safety research is one of the few fields where the primary subject of study — AI systems — cannot replace the researchers. Understanding failure modes, developing alignment techniques, and reasoning about long-term AI risk requires the kind of deep creative thinking and multi-disciplinary knowledge AI currently lacks.

$120k – $300k

Salary Range

booming

Growth Outlook

8,000

Total Jobs (US)

+45%

Growth Rate

Task Breakdown

Tasks at Risk (4)

Literature review compilationStandard experiment loggingRoutine model evaluation benchmarkingAdministrative research documentation

AI-Enhanced Tasks (4)

Hypothesis generation and explorationSynthetic data generation for safety testingResearch paper draftingCross-domain literature synthesis

Human-Safe Tasks (5)

Novel alignment technique developmentInterpretability researchAI risk scenario analysisPeer review and scientific debatePolicy and regulatory translation