Yoshua Bengio

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.

But in the future, who should decide where to draw the line and how to weigh the pros and cons? CEOs of companies or democratically chosen governments? The answer should be obvious if you believe in democracy.

This risk should further motivate us to redesign the global political system in a way that would completely eradicate wars and thus obviate the need for military organizations and military weapons. [...] It goes without saying that lethal autonomous...