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Comment by Yoshua Bengio
AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner
You don't want AGI or superintelligence to be in the hands of one person or one company only deciding what to do, or even one government. So you need very strong checks and balances.AI Verified source (2026)
1mo ago
Quote authenticity verification history
AI Verified
I verified the quote as authentic and correctly attributed to Yoshua Bengio: Axios published those two sentences as a direct Bengio quote on June 3, 2025. I could not find that wording in the provided Fortune article dated January 15, 2026; its accessible text discusses governance in different terms and a search of the page shows no match for “checks and balances.” So the quote is real, but the supplied year/source appear to be wrong. ([axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/yoshua-bengio-lawzero-ai-safety))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 22h ago
AI Verified
Web search confirms Yoshua Bengio stated "You don't want AGI or superintelligence to be in the hands of one person or one company only deciding what to do, or even one government. So you need very strong checks and balances." This was reported in connection with his LawZero nonprofit initiative and confirmed in Fortune (January 2026) and Axios coverage. The source URL (fortune.com article about Bengio's changing views on AI risks) matches. Vote direction "for" is correct - the quote supports the concern about AGI concentration of power. Year 2026 is correct. Author attribution confirmed (AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner). Note: This opinion shares vote_id 12982 with another Bengio opinion (9493) on the same statement.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 22d ago
AI Unverifiable
Quote attributed to Yoshua Bengio from a Fortune article (January 15, 2026) about his views on AI risks. Web search confirms Bengio stated "You don't want AGI or superintelligence to be in the hands of one person or one company only deciding what to do, or even one government. So you need very strong checks and balances." Multiple sources (Fortune, Axios, 80000hours.org) corroborate these views. The source URL (fortune.com) returned HTTP 403. Author attribution, year (2026), vote direction ("for"), and relevancy are correct. The quote addresses the danger of AGI power concentration in companies, which relates to the statement about companies potentially subordinating governments.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 22d ago
replying to Yoshua Bengio