Hello, I’m

Liz Benny.

I make complex systems legible.

About

Really just tinkering and learning as i go. Currently interested in AI safety research and building projects that interest me on the side. Also working on research proposals.

Projects

Recognition

Program

CitizenView accepted into the Sarvam Startup Program

Sarvam AI

Award

Best Participant

Youth Internet Governance Forum

Panel

Co-chair — “Cancel Culture: Censorship vs Perspective”

Mount Carmel College · Panel on contemporary digital expression

Experience

Fellowships

Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI Alignment Club (MAIA)

AI Safety Fundamentals (AISF) Fellow

Jun 2026 – Present · Remote

Building technical foundations in machine learning as groundwork for alignment research. Running experiments on the side and learning as I go.

Youth Internet Governance Forum India

Fellow

Aug 2025 – Present · Online / Goa

Youth perspectives in national internet governance policy dialogues

India School on Internet Governance (inSIG)

Fellow

Aug – Sep 2025 · Goa

AI governance, cybersecurity & multi-stakeholder policy design

Certifications & Education

McKinsey Forward Program

Certified Participant

Dec 2025 · Online

Business strategy, structured problem solving & data-driven decisions

Hertie School Data Science Lab

Data Science Summer School

Aug 2025 · Online

Python, data science & analytical methods at a leading governance school

Jyoti Nivas College

BA Journalism, Media Studies & English Literature

Aug 2022 – Apr 2025 · Bengaluru

Film Circle, InkPrint · screenwriter & assistant director

Work

The Parallel Cinema Club

Branding & Strategy

Jul 2024 – Mar 2026 · Bengaluru

Grew reach to 77.3% non-followers · multi-platform content & analytics

Nüpop Records

AD & PR Intern

Mar 2025 · Bengaluru

30-piece content strategy from trend analysis

Editorial Board of JNC

Editing Head

Mar 2024 – Apr 2025 · Bengaluru

Apprentice → Head in 4 months · 11 published articles

Together Magazine

Content Writing Intern

Jun 2023 – Jul 2023 · Bengaluru

11 articles on policy, gender parity & biohacking

Internet Society

Member

Oct 2025 – Present · Online / Mumbai

Newsletter content & internet governance networking

Research

Commissioned Research

SRHR Stakeholder Analysis

Policy Researcher · Oct 2025

Influence mapping across 20 key political actors on sexual & reproductive health rights in India — analyzing parliamentary discourse, judicial flashpoints, and advocacy terrain.

  • Stakeholder Mapping
  • Primary Sources
  • NFHS-5 Data
  • Policy Analysis

Skills

AI Safety & Alignment

  • RLHF failure modes
  • Mechanistic interpretability
  • Latent misalignment analysis
  • Cross-domain AI risk modeling
  • Modular Machine Learning
  • Selective openness

AI & ML

  • Empirical scaling & emergent capabilities analysis
  • Transformer internals & attention mechanisms
  • Non-transformer architectures (JEPA)
  • Evaluation design & metric validity
  • Structured data extraction

Analytics

  • PostHog
  • Google Analytics
  • UTM tracking
  • Datawrapper
  • A/B testing

Design

  • Figma
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Canva

Languages

  • English (native)
  • Malayalam (native)
  • Hindi (fluent)
  • Telugu (intermediate)
  • German (beginner)
  • Korean (beginner)