Synthetic / Process Chemist
Neon
$65 – $75 · as listed
Synthetic and process chemists with advanced expertise are needed for remote, task-based AI training work with Neon. In this role, you'll craft technical prompts that test how AI models handle chemistry-related queries—specifically, evaluating whether models can distinguish between legitimate scientific questions and requests with potential safety risks. Your writing should span multiple difficulty levels, pushing the AI to reason carefully about misuse potential while remaining helpful for genuine research and industrial applications.
This work suits experienced chemists who understand both synthetic methodology and chemical safety considerations. You'll be part of a red-teaming effort to improve AI safety in STEM domains, contributing specialized knowledge to strengthen how AI systems handle sensitive technical information. The position is fully remote, listed at $65–$75 per task engagement, with flexible gig-based scheduling through the Mercor 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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