The Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development in Berlin seeks Applicants for Voluntary Internships (39,00 hours/week)
Internships will last between 6-12 weeks and start from July 21, 2025.

Internship topics include:

• Reinforcement Learning on Human Teaching
  Design AI that supports human learning; requires Python and interest in human-AI interaction.
• Internal Representations of Emotions in LLMs
  Use interpretability tools to probe how LLMs encode emotions; requires Python and ML basics.
• Elderbot: AI to Combat Loneliness
  Help build and test a mobile AI agent for older adults; ideal for those with app dev or survey design skills.
• LLM- vs Human-Generated Options in Moral Judgment
  Run online experiments on moral decision-making; useful skills: Python, oTree, or Qualtrics.
• Observatory of Collective Experience
  Develop a web platform for sharing stories with AI; suited for web dev and LLM fine-tuning experience.

• Availability at 39 hours/week for the duration of the internship (depending on the project)
• Currently enrolled in a program at a German university related to the project(s)
• Attendance at the institute in Berlin (no remote working)

• Get hands-on experience with research on human-AI interaction and scientific processes
• Close collaboration with CHM researchers
• Possibility of transitioning to position of Student Research Assistant
• Salary: 450€ / month (39 h/week)

https://career-chm.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/5741430-summer-internships-for-the-study-of-human-machine-interactions