Positions On Generative Ai in a Human-machine - Berlin, Deutschland - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung

Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Berlin, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

The
Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin conducts interdisciplinary science to understand, anticipate, and shape major disruptions from digital media and Artificial Intelligence to the way we think, learn, work, play, cooperate, and govern.

Our goal is to understand how machines are shaping human society today and how they may continue to shape it in the future.

The Center is comprised of an interdisciplinary, international, and diverse group of scholars and a science support team.
To complement this team, we are looking to fill up to two (4)

Ph.
D. positions on generative AI in a human-machine society

(E 13 TVöD; 39 hours/week)
Under the supervision of Prof.

Iyad Rahwan, your research focus may align with at least one of the following areas:

Cultural Evolution

This research area entails the exploration of innovation, creativity, and cultural evolution within a human-machine society consisting of both humans and AI.

Your responsibilities include the design and implementation of generative AI systems, with the aim of investigating phenomena such as human-AI social learning and the emergence of novel concepts.

Strategic Dynamics
This research area investigates the impact of AI on the dynamics of strategic interactions within a human-machine society. Your duties will include the fine-tuning of large language models for participation in strategic games with human counterparts. The objective is to yield insights into unresolved questions concerning algorithmic governance and the manifestation of human-machine behavior.

The Position

We seek to hire predoctoral researchers to work on ambitious, highimpact research anticipating the societal impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Projects will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Iyad Rahwan and may involve collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary colleagues at the Center.
The predoctoral fellow(s) will collaborate with and support senior researchers in ongoing projects conducting empirical studies, analyzing data, and publishing research findings in leading scientific journals while developing their Ph.

D. projects in line with the Center's research themes and methods.

The research will involve building generative AI models which interact with humans in largescale online experiments.
The position will include generous support for computational equipment and computing (e.g., GPU cluster), recruitment of sizable online participant cohorts, travel to conferences and collaborators, and funds for hiring freelance designers and developers to produce bespoke online experiments.
The position is limited to three years.
Starting date is October 1, 2023, or later.

Your Profile

The successful applicant must have the following:

Applicants must hold, or expect to hold by the starting date, a Master's degree in a computational science field (e.g., Computational Social Science, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related).
Demonstrated ability to produce highquality research, evidenced by a publication record or software development projects.
Advanced programming skills and proficiency with the deep learning ecosystem (e.g., pytorch, jax, and Hugging Face).
Experience designing and building webbased interfaces (i.e., HTML, JS).
A commitment to following the best methodological practices in computer and behavioral sciences, such as preregistration of studies, sharing of welldocumented computer code, version control such as Git, writing reproducible research reports, open sharing of data whenever feasible, etc.
High proficiency in English.
High motivation and ability to work independently and as part of an (interdisciplinary) team alongside other computational scientists and behavioral scientists. Ability to coordinate feedback from teams of senior collaborators.
Willingness to present and communicate research in internal and external seminars and conferences.

Desirable skills include:

Experience designing and conducting behavioral or economic experiments in the lab or online via platforms such as Prolific or Amazon Mechanical Turk and/or recruitment of panels.
Familiarity with common concepts in cultural evolution or at least some experience working with cultural data.

Our Offer

An interesting position at the internationally renowned Center for Humans and Machines.
Working in a dynamic multidisciplinary team with colleagues from experimental psychology, evolutionary anthropology, art, science, economics, computer science, and physics.
Strong support from our science support team and the opportunity to guide and work with research assistants.
Support with public outreach (e.g., social media, print media, or exhibitions).
Room to develop and realize your ideas.
Possibility to work partly from home office.

Your Application
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