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Yoshua Bengio links AI misuse risk to inequality and incomplete value alignment

In a post-Asilomar interview, Yoshua Bengio argued that more powerful AI increases misuse risk when wealth and power are concentrated, military uses are obscured, and arms-race incentives intensify. He also cautioned that fully assuring alignment with human values may not be possible.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM24confidence 74/100

Why it moved the index

The interview supplies an early, attributable synthesis of several direct control pathways: imperfect value alignment, malicious or irresponsible use, autonomous-weapons competition, and concentration of AI capability and social power. It is argument-level evidence rather than a measured incident, so magnitude remains modest and confidence reflects clear primary attribution without treating the forecast mechanisms as established outcomes.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 24 · confidence 74

    Adds a distinct, exactly timestamped 2017 first-person safety argument not present in the durable catalogue.

    22 Sept 2026

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