Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Iliad is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing foundational AI alignment research through educational programs, conferences, and research initiatives. The Curriculum Development Lead will own and evolve the Iliad Intensive curriculum, ensuring coherence across technical modules, incorporating developments in AI alignment, and collaborating with writers, teachers, and education staff while also writing and teaching materials.
Responsibilities
- Continuously observe the AI alignment field to source new materials, topics, and research directions worth teaching, and decide what enters, changes, or leaves the curriculum
- Ensure cohesiveness across modules: consistent notation, modules that build on each other, and no unintended gaps or redundancies
- Develop and maintain the overall "curriculum story": a clear narrative of why we teach what we teach, in this order, toward which learning outcomes
- Work closely with our rotating group of writers and teachers, the Teaching Lead, and the upcoming Education Platform Lead to ensure content decisions are enacted in materials and classrooms
- Engage with participant feedback and teaching observations to identify where the curriculum falls short
- Write and teach materials yourself
Skills
- Strong mathematical maturity; for example, a university degree in a theoretical subject like mathematics, physics, or theoretical computer science
- Broad knowledge of the AI alignment field, at or beyond the level of the Iliad Intensive across most of its modules
- Excellent taste in technical content: an ability to judge which ideas are foundational and worth teaching
- Deep care for the effective learning of our participants
- Ability to effectively coordinate with writers, teachers, and other staff to reach our goals
- A broadly general skillset that can be applied to many tasks
- Comfort working in a fast-moving organization where priorities and roles will change
- Curiosity and ability to use AI to augment, improve, and automate various aspects of your own work
- Experience designing courses, curricula, or other substantial educational programs
- Research experience in AI alignment or an adjacent technical field
- Demonstrated writing and teaching ability
- A PhD is a plus but not required
Benefits
- 25 days paid vacation annually
- Flexible Working Hours
- Occasional in-person team retreats
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