Experience

AI Safety Initiative Groningen

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Together with 2 fellow students, I founded the AI Safety Initiative Groningen to provide students and scholars with a platform to learn about and discuss potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. At AISIG, we host workshops, talks, hackathons, and the AGI Safety Fundamentals course by BlueDot Impact to educate and spark discussions on this important topic.

• Course Facilitator

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  I will be facilitating the AGI Safety Fundamentals course by BlueDot Impact to a cohort of interested students. The course consists of 8 weeks of readings, discussion sessions, and a final project. The content includes the motivations and arguments underpinning the field of AGI safety, while the second half focuses on proposals for technical solutions. Topics include: reward misspecification, instrumental convergence, goal misgeneralization, task decomposition for scalable oversight, adversarial techniques for scalable oversight, reinforcement learning from human feedback, mechanistic interpretability, agent foundations, AI governance, and careers in AI Safety. Show less



University of Groningen

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant and Mentor

  • Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

  Teaching Assistant: Facilitated tutorials in "Introduction to AI" and "Basic Scientific Skills" courses for approximately 30 students. Prepared lesson plans with presentations and interactive activities. Tracked the progress of the students and communicated this regularly with the professor, Katja Mehlhorn. Mentor: Point of contact (friend) for a smaller group of freshman students, welcoming them to the university and being available for emotional or organisational support. Created a cohesive group through team-building activities and by encouraging social interaction both in and outside the classroom. Organised social events and wrote reports of the students' development, staying in consistent communication with the Academic Advisor, Jennifer Smit-Hobbs. Hired during the most competitive applicant round seen for this role so far. Show less



Lidl Ireland

• Ireland
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Actor - "Choose Lidl" Campaign

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  When I was much younger I enjoyed many experiences in acting. I was fortunate to work in advertising and theatre. These experiences enabled me to express myself confidently in front of large groups, which set the foundation for my present-day passion for public speaking and presenting. When I was much younger I enjoyed many experiences in acting. I was fortunate to work in advertising and theatre. These experiences enabled me to express myself confidently in front of large groups, which set the foundation for my present-day passion for public speaking and presenting.