Forensic / Toxicological Chemist
Neon
$65 – $75 · as listed
As a Forensic/Toxicological Chemist, you'll contribute to AI safety testing by writing specialized prompts that evaluate how advanced language models handle chemistry and toxicology questions. Your role involves crafting realistic scenarios—ranging from legitimate research inquiries to potentially harmful requests—to assess whether AI systems can distinguish between the two and respond appropriately. This remote, task-based gig leverages your deep expertise in chemical safety and forensic analysis to strengthen safeguards around frontier AI models.
The work suits advanced practitioners with strong domain knowledge in toxicology, forensics, or related chemistry fields. You'll work independently on discrete writing assignments, with flexibility typical of gig arrangements. This is ideal if you're looking for remote, specialized work that directly impacts AI development and safety.
Compensation is listed at $65–$75 per assignment. This position is available through Mercor's expert marketplace.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · task-based. ## About the work Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones. You will: - Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across three levels: b
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