Yoshua Bengio
Mentioned in 18 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
One of the pioneering figures in AI research and development, recognized as a "godfather of AI" who has contributed foundational work in generative models including G-Flow Nets and VAEs. Currently chairs the International AI Safety Report writing team coordinated by UK AISI, where he oversees research on AI risks and advocates for government intervention. Podcasts feature him as a prominent thought leader and expert voice on both technical AI advances and critical safety concerns facing the field.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
TBPN · Jul 13, 2026
Apple Sues OpenAI, Experts Sign Another AI Warning Letter, Paramount Threatens CA Exit | Diet TBPN
“Signed the letter urging governments to prepare for AI's economic impact including potential large-scale job displacement.”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Mar 1, 2026
Situational Awareness in Government, with UK AISI Chief Scientist Geoffrey Irving
“AI researcher leading the International AI Safety Report that UK AISI helps coordinate”
Global News Podcast · Feb 17, 2026
Jesse Jackson dies at 84
“One of three 'godfathers of AI' speaking at Delhi summit; expressed urgent concerns about AI risks requiring government intervention”
The AI Policy Podcast · Feb 10, 2026
Inside The Second International AI Safety Report with Writers Stephen Clare and Stephen Casper
“Chair of International AI Safety Report writing team; selected senior advisors and oversees independent content decisions”
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) · Jan 25, 2026
VAEs Are Energy-Based Models? [Dr. Jeff Beck]
“Developer of G-Flow Nets, generative models capable of creating new latent variables for novel situations”
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) · Jan 23, 2026
Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]
“AI researcher; discussed software as abstract causal patterns and spirits as disembodied causal mechanisms in nature”
The AI in Business Podcast · Jan 8, 2026
How an Open Context Layers Help Enterprises Build, Govern, & Scale Agentic AI - with Prukalpa Sankar of Atlan
“AI pioneer referenced as example of thought leaders featured on AI in Business podcast”
The AI in Business Podcast · Jan 5, 2026
Why Agentic and Conversational AI Products Are Not What CX Leaders Think - with Baker Johnson of UJET
“AI pioneer featured on AI in Business Podcast as example of thought leaders interviewed”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Dec 18, 2025
Creator of AI: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! These Jobs Won't Exist in 24 Months!
“One of three AI godfathers; most-cited scientist on Google Scholar; founder of Mila Zero nonprofit for safe AI”
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Dec 15, 2025
AMA | December 2025
“AI expert cited in question about superintelligence risk; Carroll expresses skepticism about his doom predictions”
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson · Dec 8, 2025
Go All In on AI: The Economist’s Kenneth Cukier on AI's Experimentation Era
“One of three 'Godfathers of AI'; pioneered deep learning techniques; foundational contributor to modern AI methods.”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Dec 4, 2025
The Man Who Wrote The Book On AI: 2030 Might Be The Point Of No Return! We've Been Lied To About AI!
“AI researcher; co-author of alignment problem book; advocates for AI safety”
The Last Invention · Nov 20, 2025
EP 8: The Accelerationists
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Nov 17, 2025
AMA | November 2025
“AI researcher who signed open letter on superintelligent AI prohibition that Carroll discusses skeptically”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Oct 28, 2025
#176: ChatGPT Atlas, ChatGPT Atlas Security Issues, Letter to Pause Superintelligence, Amazon’s Plan to Automate 600,000 Jobs & New Data on AI Relationships
“AI godfather and co-author of AGI definition paper; signed superintelligence pause letter”
The Last Invention · Oct 23, 2025
EP 5: Contact
“AI researcher; changed from advocating AI acceleration to pushing for moratorium and regulation; developing non-agentic AI alternative”
The Last Invention · Oct 9, 2025
EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game
“Co-developer of neural network approaches; faced rejection from mainstream AI researchers for pursuing connectionist methods”
Big Technology Podcast · Mar 19, 2025
Why Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun
“Co-developer with LeCun of foundational deep learning ideas”