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Li-Lian Ang

Li-Lian Ang

Product manager focused on AI safety, data science, and storytelling

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London, England
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Product-focused builder in AI safety education: Li-Lian is an early hire and product manager at BlueDot Impact where she has led product and platform work for public-facing courses on AI alignment, governance and biosecurity. She writes about product design tradeoffs and the operational work needed to scale learning offerings. bluedot+2
Interdisciplinary data scientist and historian: academically trained at Minerva with majors spanning Data Science & Statistics and Historical Forces, Li-Lian combines computational methods with humanities questions—this shows in her DSSG fellowship work, research assistant experience, and public writing on data-for-good projects. minerva+2
Writer and storyteller with historical sensibilities: beyond technical work, Li-Lian is a published novelist and maintains an active personal blog where she reflects on writing process, research for historical fiction, and technical/product learnings—she uses storytelling to connect technical topics to broader audiences. minerva+2
Community-oriented practitioner: she engages publicly—writing about fellowships, speaking on podcasts, and participating in community programmes—indicating strength in outreach, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and translating technical subjects for non‑expert audiences. kairos+2

Work

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Writing

Why we spent 3 months building our own learning platform instead of using one off-the-shelf

October 1, 2024

BlueDot Impact blog post describing the product design decisions, engineering tradeoffs, and operational implications of building a custom learning platform for AI safety education.

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Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship (DSSGxUK) 2022

November 1, 2022

A detailed personal account and reflection on the DSSGxUK fellowship: expectations, technical work, community, and lessons for prospective applicants.

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Purple is the Noblest Shroud

April 1, 2021

Historical fiction novel centred on Empress Theodora and the Byzantine Empire; involved extensive primary/secondary-source research to build an evocative, historically informed narrative.

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Hobbies

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (practitioner; has written about receiving a blue belt) anglilian

Creative writing and historical fiction (novelist) amazon+1

Notes

WSWill Sauntersaid that if they were putting together a team to build something important for biodefense,
LALi-Lian Ang
would be one of their top picks.

Dec 3, 2025

MZMick Zijdelsaid they consider
LALi-Lian Ang
a leader in shaping AI policy and research discussions.

Nov 28, 2025

DEDewi Erwansaid
LALi-Lian Ang
is one of the most thoughtful people they've seen working on AI policy with a strong emphasis on safety.

Oct 25, 2025