Bengio underwent a personal transformation from dismissing AI safety concerns as far-off and overstated (due to current system weakness and anticipated benefits) to taking them seriously after ChatGPT's emergence, realizing that AGI could arrive sooner than previously thought.
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“I just didn't pay much attention because I thought, hey, we're going to reap so much benefit and you know, cure diseases and help us with the environment and education and everything. So, let's just go and reap those benefits. Um but but then of course I I had to change my mind when um chat GBT arrived.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:45:56 PM
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