Hazardous Device Specialist / Public Safety Professional
Neon
$65 – $75 · as listed
Neon is seeking advanced writing professionals with STEM expertise, particularly in hazardous materials and public safety, to support AI safety evaluation work. As a Hazardous Device Specialist, you'll craft technical prompts designed to test how frontier AI models handle sensitive requests. Your role involves writing nuanced scenarios that assess whether AI systems can distinguish between legitimate technical inquiries and genuinely dangerous requests—helping ensure these models respond appropriately across different risk levels.
This remote, task-based position suits professionals with deep domain knowledge who can articulate complex technical concepts with precision. You'll work independently on discrete writing assignments that directly contribute to AI safety research. The work demands both technical credibility and careful judgment about what constitutes misuse versus legitimate inquiry in your field.
Compensation is listed at $65–$75 per hour. This is contractor work through the Neon platform, ideal for specialists seeking flexible, project-based engagement in AI training and evaluation.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · task-based. ## About the work Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion 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 leve
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