In this video interview, we speak with Simay Toplu, doctoral candidate in the alignAI project at the Technical University of Munich Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. She introduces herself and her research, providing an overview of her project and her approach to aligning AI systems with human values.

She reflects on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in addressing AI alignment challenges, discusses the most urgent ethical concerns surrounding the deployment of large language models (LLMs) and shares her thoughts on her future career aspirations after completing her PhD, whether in research, industry, policy or beyond.