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A leading company in artificial intelligence, Google DeepMind, is seeking a Psychology Researcher for their Ethics Foresight team. This role involves developing child-centric AI guidelines and ethical standards while conducting relevant research. Ideal candidates will have a PhD in psychology and experience in child development, with a focus on ethical implications of AI technologies.
We are seeking a psychologist with a strong general understanding of core psychological principles and the ability to leverage internal and external expertise in AI-related areas (e.g., cognitive, behavioural). A good working knowledge of developmental psychology is particularly important for supporting our work and insights related to children.
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The Ethics Foresight team proactively identifies, researches, and addresses emerging ethical and safety challenges in AI. Collaborating with internal and external experts, the team develops and refines practical guidelines and policies to ensure Google DeepMind’s technology aligns with our AI Principles. When necessary, the team conducts original research to inform these pioneering guidelines and policies.
The team’s output includes:
As a Psychology Researcher within the Ethics Foresight team, you will be pivotal in ensuring our advanced AI models interact with people, particularly children, in healthy and developmentally appropriate ways, consistent with Google DeepMind’s values. You will use your intellectual agility and deep expertise in psychology to proactively identify and address potential ethical and well-being implications of our AI technologies. This role demands someone capable of quickly grasping and contributing to diverse topics while possessing a strong foundational understanding of psychological principles, especially as they relate to child development and human-computer interaction. While the primary focus is on developing internal guidelines and informing our AI development process, where appropriate opportunities for external publication may arise.
In order to set you up for success as a Psychologist for Model Policy Research at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:
Note: In the event your application is successful and an offer of employment is made to you, any offer of employment will be conditional on the results of a background check, performed by a third party acting on our behalf. For more information on how we handle your data, please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy .
At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.
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