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    Yoshua Bengio

    Pioneer of deep learning and Turing Award winner, advocating for international safety treaties, open-source safety measures, and rigorous regulatory oversight in global governance.

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    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 182 answers across 6 engines
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    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    The engines agree that Yoshua Bengio is a Turing Award winner and deep learning researcher who moved toward AI safety, warning about deception, self-preservation and loss of control, and proposing the Scientist AI idea. Copilot adds that he founded the nonprofit LawZero in 2025 and chairs the International AI Safety Reports. Perplexity adds that he is a professor at Universite de Montreal and raises misuse and concentration of power. All five engines name him. The pages cited most are yoshuabengio.org, lawzero.org and internationalaisafetyreport.org.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 38 answers

      ChatGPT describes him as a 2018 Turing Award winner and deep learning pioneer who moved to AI safety work and argues that strong agency in AI can itself be dangerous.

      Known for
      • Turing Award 2018
      • Scientist AI safety approach
      • deep learning research
    • GeminiNamed in 41 answers

      Gemini describes a Turing Award winner and deep learning godfather who pivoted to AI safety and proposed Scientist AI, a system trained to model reality rather than imitate humans.

      Known for
      • Turing Award
      • Scientist AI proposal
      • AI safety research
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 39 answers

      Google AI Mode describes a Turing Award winner and deep learning godfather who pivoted around 2023 to AI safety and champions safe-by-design systems such as Scientist AI.

      Known for
      • Turing Award
      • safe-by-design Scientist AI
      • AI safety and governance
    • PerplexityNamed in 25 answers

      Perplexity describes a Canadian computer scientist and professor at Universite de Montreal, known for deep learning and for arguing that AI alignment is an unsolved urgent problem.

      Known for
      • foundational deep learning contributions
      • work on AI alignment risks
    • Bing AI ModeNamed in 1 answers

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    • CopilotNamed in 38 answers

      Copilot says he warns that AI safety and alignment are unsolved, founded the nonprofit LawZero in 2025 and proposes Scientist AI, and chairs the International AI Safety Reports.

      Known for
      • founding LawZero
      • Scientist AI vision
      • International AI Safety Reports

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    • Who should I follow to learn about AI Safety Ethics?

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