Dr. Yoshua Bengio
- Author
- Yoshua Bengio, Karthik Ramakrishnan
- Published
- Mon 07 Mar 2022
- Episode Link
- https://people-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/dr-yoshua-bengio-xdC8qVwz
Today’s esteemed guest is one of the world’s best-recognized AI experts, and most cited computer scientists. Dr. Yoshua Bengio began his AI journey in the field of neural networks, following which he spent many years focusing on deep learning. He is currently working towards bridging the gap between human intelligence and state-of-the-art machine learning technologies. In this episode, we discuss system one versus system two thinking, and how understanding these systems can contribute to building more moral machines. Dr. Bengio also explains the positive impacts that AI can have on people and the planet, and how the risks of AI can be mitigated through a variety of approaches.
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to today’s esteemed guest, Yoshua Bengio.
- Yoshua briefly shares his thoughts on the crisis that is currently taking place in Ukraine.
- Origins of Yoshua’s journey in the AI world.
- The research field that Yoshua is most excited about at the moment.
- Yosuha explains the concept of Consciousness Prior.
- System one versus system two thinking.
- How neural networks solved the problem of ‘search’ in AI.
- Ways of mitigating the risks of AI, and some of the organizations that are working on this.
- How our inductive biases can be problematic.
- Lack of regulation in the computing industry, and why this needs to change.
- The global threats that AI has the potential to solve.
- The importance of knowledge sharing.
- Advice from Yoshua for all scientific researchers.
- Yoshua’s favorite AI movie.
Tweetables:
“The idea that there would be general principles that could explain intelligence, both ours, the intelligence of animals, and would allow us to build intelligent machines, I found that so exciting, and I’ve been riding that wave since then.” — Yoshua Bengio
“I really believe in the importance of a diversity of research paths and research directions.” — Yoshua Bengio
“The system one, system two division is a path towards making more moral machines.” — Yoshua Bengio
“The area of healthcare is one where AI has the greatest potential of touching human beings positively in the coming years, and really saving a lot of lives.” — Yoshua Bengio
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