20. Yilin Huang - AI Governance, Effective Altruism, International Education, and Designing a Great Career

Yilin is an engineering graduate from the University of Toronto's Materials Science Engineering program, currently completing a Master's degree in Science, Technology & Policy and is interested in AI governance and Effective Altruism principles. We discuss the role of engineering in policy, AI governance, effective altruism, self-teaching mechanical engineering to work at a drone company, great resources students can access outside of the U of T ecosystem, and how she built credibility as a young professional.

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A University of Toronto Engineering based podcast where we talk to students, advisors and alumni about their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) experiences. We talk about how they made the most of their education and community, and demystify how they became technologists, researchers, and builders moving our world forward today. Hosted by Maeesha Biswas and Jennifer Wang.