Yoshua Bengio argues policymakers should plan for catastrophic AI risk on a three‑year horizon, even if full‑blown systems might be 5–10 years away. He says the release‑race between vendors is the main obstacle to safety work and calls even a 1% extinction risk unacceptable.
— This compresses AI governance urgency into a near‑term planning window that could reshape regulation, standards, and investment timelines.
BeauHD
2025.12.03
60% relevant
Both the memo’s urgency ('daily call', transfers, pausing products) and press framing compress timelines for competitive escalation and operational risk; this mirrors the idea that AI governance and contingency planning must accelerate into a near‑term window.
EditorDavid
2025.12.01
60% relevant
The bipartisan formation of sizeable super‑PAC money to back pro‑regulation candidates concretely operationalizes the near‑term governance urgency that actors like Yoshua Bengio and others have urged—political investment now to shape regulation before capability lock‑in occurs.
msmash
2025.10.01
100% relevant
Bengio told the Wall Street Journal to "treat three years as the relevant timeframe" and warned weekly version races block adequate safety.