Yoshua Bengio
The Reformer
Changing the system from inside it, principle turned into change.
Yoshua Bengio reads as The Reformer because he now turns his considerable standing against the complacencies of the field he helped build. A Turing Award-winning AI pioneer, he used his appearance on The Diary of a CEO to press for a more careful, more accountable trajectory for the technology. His leadership is that of an insider willing to challenge his own legacy, arguing that credibility obliges correction rather than celebration.
“I think it would be a mistake to let go of our agency while we still have some. There are things that can be done. We can work on technical solutions and we can work on policy and public awareness and societal solutions.”
“I decided to stay in academia to stay in Canada to try to develop a more responsible ecosystem. We put out a declaration called the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of AI.”
“What really matters is what I can do, what everyone of us can do to mitigate the risks. For me it is raising awareness about the risks and developing the technical solutions to build AI that will not harm people.”
The Diary of a CEO: “Creator of AI: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! These Jobs Won't Exist in 24 Months!”
LISTEN AT THE SOURCE ↗THE RECORD IS CHECKABLE