We are a nonprofit raising policymaker awareness about AI risks, aiming to slow potentially dangerous research and accelerate technical safety. We have ambitious goals and need to move fast. Come work with us! About Palisade

Here's what your work as an analyst could look like:

• Write a 1-page policy brief on if building specialized AI hardware (TPUs) could circumvent the GPU supply chain.

• Write a short report on the state of Chinese frontier AI.

• Write explainers like these:

  Take SCIFs, it’s dangerous to go alone — AI Alignment Forum

  A “Scaling Monosemanticity” Explainer — LessWrong

Our collaboration process:

• We post daily statuses for each other to keep in sync regarding our directions. Each project has two sync meetings per week to keep it on track; we have an all-hands demo meet every two weeks.
• We propose new ideas or directions by writing up a doc, sharing it, and getting comments. This enables async communication.
• Our median response time to each other is in hours, not minutes; we work in an independent and self-directed fashion. Your supervisor helps you maintain direction; colleagues help with the implementation; you keep track of your tasks and milestones.

Here are the key traits one needs to succeed in this role:

• Propensity to dive deep. When exploring a topic, you read broadly to map it out and deeply to extract details and synthesize them into a narrative.

• Skill for reasoning under uncertainty. Track and communicate your assumptions; consider different quantitative models.

• Strong writing skills.

• Aptitude for self-directed, high-agency work. You take initiative and contribute proactively; we don’t micromanage.

• Aptitude for cross-functional collaboration and learning. You do what it takes to ship your work.

• Motivation to conduct research that is both curiosity-driven and addresses concrete open questions in AI risk.

Hiring process

1. Apply with a CV and a cover letter. In the cover letter:
   1. Provide evidence of aptitude for self-directed high-agency work (<150 words)
   2. Provide evidence of exceptional ability (<150 words)
2. Interview
3. Paid trial, 1-2 weeks

This is a remote position. Apply with this form.