The Constellation Residency is a year-long salaried position for experienced researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and other professionals to pursue self-directed work in one of our focus areas.
Constellation brings together individuals and teams from nonprofit organizations, universities, AI companies, think tanks, and governments, all working toward safely navigating the development of transformative AI. Residents will have the opportunity to connect with leading researchers, exchange ideas, and find collaborators while working from our office in Berkeley, CA. We are currently accepting applications on a rolling basis.
The salary range for Constellation Residents is $100K – $300K, depending on years of experience, relevant skills, and contributions to the field. This is an unusually wide range because the role is not geared towards specific projects but towards independent productive work, which means it may be suitable for a wide range of candidates. For example, we imagine early-career researchers may be offered $100K – $200K while senior technical safety researchers may be offered $170K – $300K.
Residents are able to work out of Constellation’s shared workspace and get opportunities to connect and share ideas with over 100 researchers and staff working on our focus areas. Lunch and dinner are provided at the workspace each weekday.
“Having research chats with people I met at Constellation has given rise to new research directions I hadn't previously considered, like model organisms. Talking with people at Constellation is how I decided that existential risk from AI is non-trivial, after having many back and forth conversations with people in the office. These updates have had large ramifications for how I’ve done my research, and significantly increased the impact of my research.”
"Speaking with AI safety researchers in Constellation was an essential part of how I formed my views on AI threat models and AI safety research prioritization. It also gave me access to a researcher network that I've found very valuable for my career.”
“I worked from Constellation for a bit over a week this summer, and can highly recommend it! The main value add was chatting with (and listening in on lunchtime chats between) many top AI safety researchers, and learning what people are working on and thinking about in a way that isn't possible by reading their work online. I was really productive during my time there.”
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