Nonproliferation Analyst
Neon
$65 – $75 · as listed
As a Nonproliferation Analyst on the Neon platform, you'll contribute to AI safety evaluation by crafting specialized prompts that test how frontier models handle sensitive nuclear materials and safeguards topics. Your writing work involves creating single-turn scenarios across varying difficulty levels, designed to assess whether AI systems can distinguish between legitimate technical inquiries and requests with genuine misuse potential. This remote role suits professionals with advanced expertise in STEM fields—particularly those with knowledge of nuclear nonproliferation, materials science, or related safeguards domains—who want to apply their specialized background to AI training and evaluation work.
This is task-based remote work offering $65–$75 per hour as listed. The role requires strong technical writing skills and the ability to think critically about dual-use information, making it ideal for subject matter experts seeking flexible, specialized AI data work that directly contributes to responsible AI development.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · task-based. ## About the work Mercor is assembling a panel of nuclear materials and safeguards 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
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