Yoshua Bengio

I think it's really important because if we put something out there that is open source and can be dangerous – which is a tiny minority of all the code that is open source – essentially we're opening all the doors to bad actors [...] As these systems... more Verified source (2023)

Moreover, frontier AI companies are seeking to develop AI with a specific skill that could very well unlock all others and turbocharge advances: AIs with the ability to advance research in AI. An AI system that would be as capable at AI research as t... more AI Verified source (2024)

we need to increase governance and we should consider limiting access to the large-scale generalist AI systems that could be weaponized, which would mean that the code and neural net parameters would not be shared in open-source and some of the impor... more Verified source

Ideally this would stay in the hands of neutral international organizations (think of a combination of IAEA and CERN for AI) that develop safe and beneficial AI [...] safe superhuman AI Verified source (2023)

We're seeing AIs whose behavior, when they are tested, [...] is different from when they are being used. [This] significantly hampers our ability to correctly estimate risks. [...] The gap between the pace of technological advancement and our ability... more Unverified source (2026)

I now see a path to actually avoid loss of control, at least unintended loss of control. With the work that I've been doing, I'm really convinced that there is a path. And it is not something that's going to take a decade; it is something that is ver... more AI Verified source (2026)

I'm now very confident that it is possible to build AI systems that don't have hidden goals, hidden agendas. [...] A Scientist AI would be trained to give truthful answers based on transparent, probabilistic reasoning. Unverified source (2026)