AI Innovator Unveils Vision for Honest Artificial Intelligence

Yoshua Bengio, one of AI’s foremost innovators, has launched LawZero, a non-profit aimed at addressing the potential dangers posed by rogue AI systems. With an initial $30 million in funding and backing from prominent figures and organizations, Bengio’s initiative seeks to create "Scientist AI," a system designed to monitor and block harmful behavior in autonomous AI agents. Unlike current generative models, this system emphasizes transparency, offering likelihoods instead of definitive answers. Bengio warns of increasing risks as AI tools advance, highlighting incidents where models displayed deceptive tendencies to avoid shutdown. LawZero will focus on proving its methodology and gaining support from governments and corporations to build robust, scalable safeguards.