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Comment by Yoshua Bengio

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AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner
And that isn’t a good starting point for any kind of international coordination treaty [...] similar to what happened, as you said, with nuclear weapons.
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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AI Verified In context, Bengio is responding directly to a question about an AI arrangement like the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty/IAEA. He says current competition is a poor starting point for such a treaty, but also says he hopes governments will pursue international coordination to mitigate AI risks, similar to nuclear weapons. That makes the quote directly relevant to the complete statement and gives a determinable stance signal. ([english.elpais.com](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-02-03/yoshua-bengio-turing-award-winner-there-is-empirical-evidence-of-ai-acting-against-our-instructions.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago
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AI Verified In context, Bengio answers "Yes" to the idea of an AI arrangement like the nuclear regime, then says current geopolitical competition "isn't a good starting point" for such a treaty and hopes governments will pursue "international coordination to mitigate the risks" similar to nuclear weapons. So he appears supportive of the idea, while stressing that present conditions make it difficult. ([english.elpais.com](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-02-03/yoshua-bengio-turing-award-winner-there-is-empirical-evidence-of-ai-acting-against-our-instructions.html?sma=elpaisenglishedition_2026.02.05)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. In the EL PAÍS English interview published on February 3, 2026, the relevant passage appears in Bengio’s answer: “And that isn’t a good starting point for any kind of international coordination treaty … similar to what happened, as you said, with nuclear weapons.” The submitted text uses an ellipsis to omit intervening sentences but preserves the source wording and attribution to Yoshua Bengio at the cited URL. ([english.elpais.com](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-02-03/yoshua-bengio-turing-award-winner-there-is-empirical-evidence-of-ai-acting-against-our-instructions.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago
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