Yoshua Bengio

Use your expertise to help shape institutions and norms that make advanced AI safer for everyone.

Maintain a sense of wonder about intelligence, consciousness, and the nature of minds.

Be willing to speak publicly about existential and societal risks when you believe they are real.

Focus on creating technology that expands human flourishing rather than replacing human judgment entirely.

Recognize that scientific success carries ethical responsibility to society.

Encourage governance and oversight for powerful technologies rather than assuming markets alone will solve the problem.

Support open discussion of risks and benefits, even when the topic is politically or economically uncomfortable.

Value collaboration and interdisciplinary thinking, especially when tackling complex systems like intelligence.

Use rigorous scientific reasoning: build theories, test them, and let results guide your next steps.

Be humble about uncertainty; treat strong claims with caution and update your views when the facts change.

Advocate for responsible AI development that includes safety, alignment, and societal impact from the start.

Take the long-term consequences of technology seriously, especially when the technology can scale far beyond human control.

Work on problems that matter for humanity, not only on what is technically fashionable or commercially profitable.

Stay intellectually curious and keep learning from new evidence, even when it challenges your prior beliefs.

Pursue fundamental understanding, not just short-term performance gains.