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Yoshua Bengio, founder and scientific director, Mila-Quebec AI Institute, discusses artificial intelligence, democracy and the future of civilization at the C2MTL conference in Montreal on May 24, 2023. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
The federal government must move urgently to regulate artificial intelligence, says a top AI pioneer, warning the technology’s current trajectory poses major societal risks.
Yoshua Bengio, dubbed a “godfather” of AI, told members of Parliament on Feb. 5 that Ottawa should put a law in place immediately, even if that legislation is not perfect.
