Deep Learning ‘Godfather’ Bengio Worries About China's Use of AI
- Says big tech companies must take AI ethics more seriously
- Bengio: Facial-recognition technology should be regulated
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Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist who helped pioneer the techniques underpinning much of the current excitement around artificial intelligence, is worried about China’s use of AI for surveillance and political control.
Bengio, who is also a co-founder of Montreal-based AI software company Element AI, said he was concerned about the technology he helped create being used for controlling people’s behavior and influencing their minds.