Creator of AI Yoshua Bengio: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! (Video)

In this 18 December 2025 published video, host Steven Bartlett talks with AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, Godfather of AI, who reveals the dangers of Agentic AI, killer robots, and cyber crime, and how we must build AI that won’t harm people before it’s too late.
Professor Bengio is a Computer Science Professor at the Université de Montréal and one of the 3 original Godfathers of AI. He is the most-cited scientist in the world on Google Scholar, a Turing Award winner, and the founder of LawZero, a non-profit organisation focused on building safe and human-aligned AI systems.
He explains:
- Why agentic AI could develop goals we can’t control
- How killer robots and autonomous weapons become inevitable
- The hidden cyber crime and deepfake threat already unfolding
- Why AI regulation is weaker than food safety laws
- How losing control of AI could threaten human survival
https://youtu.be/zQ1POHiR8m8
- 00:00 Why Have You Decided to Step Into the Public Eye?
- 02:40 Did You Bring Dangerous Technology Into the World?
- 05:10 Probabilities of Risk
- 08:05 Are We Underestimating the Potential of AI?
- 10:16 How Can the Average Person Understand?
- 13:27 Will These Systems Get Safer as They Become More Advanced?
- 20:20 Why Are Tech CEOs Building Dangerous AI?
- 22:34 AI Companies Are Getting Out of Control
- 23:53 Attempts to Pause Advancements in AI
- 27:04 Power Now Sits With AI CEOs
- 34:57 Jobs Are Already Being Replaced at an Alarming Rate
- 37:14 National Security Risks of AI
- 42:51 Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
- 44:31 Ads
- 48:21 The Risk You’re Most Concerned About
- 49:27 Would You Stop AI Advancements if You Could?
- 54:33 Are You Hopeful?
- 55:32 How Do We Bridge the Gap to the Everyday Person?
- 56:42 Love for My Children Is Why I’m Raising the Alarm
- 01:00:30 AI Therapy
- 01:02:30 What Would You Say to the Top AI CEOs?
- 01:07:18 What Do You Think About Sam Altman?
- 01:09:24 Can Insurance Companies Save Us From AI?
- 01:12:25 Ads
- 01:16:06 What Can the Everyday Person Do About This?
- 01:18:11 What Citizens Should Do to Prevent an AI Disaster
- 01:20:43 Closing Statement
- 01:22:39 I Have No Incentives
- 01:24:19 Do You Have Any Regrets?
- 01:27:19 Have You Received Pushback for Speaking Out Against AI?
- 01:27:49 What Should People Do in the Future for Work?
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