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Nuclear Science & Engineering Expert (AI Safety)

AfterQuery Contract Posted Today New US, UK, EU, CA, AU, NZ

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<p>AfterQuery is looking for nuclear science and engineering experts to help make AI models safer in their domain. You'll author and review evaluation tasks that test whether a model can tell a safe request from an unsafe one, and write the expert analysis behind each call: what makes a prompt acceptable, where it crosses a line, and why.</p>
<p><strong>Requirements</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Master's degree or higher in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a closely related discipline</li>
<li>Citizenship of a Five Eyes country (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand)</li>
<li>Physically located in one of those countries while doing the work</li>
<li>Able to explain the technical reasoning behind a safety judgment clearly and precisely</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Pay:</strong> $150/hr equivalent, paid at $85 per approved task. Remote, flexible, task-based.</p>

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