{"podcast":{"title":"I've Got Questions with Sinead Bovell","slug":"i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610","podcast_index_feed_id":7500610,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/igq","website_url":"https://www.igqwithsineadbovell.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/39a71cf2-93da-11f0-83a2-e7b4c0f14348/image/415a1ccf3d1dcbb1e8e942aff7599558.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sinead Bovell","episode_count":29,"summary":"I've Got Questions is your front-row seat to understanding how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping our world and your life. Hosted by futurist Sinead Bovell, the show cuts through the noise to explore what’s happening beneath the surface of today’s biggest tech shifts, and what they signal about tomorrow. Each week, Sinead sits down with the people building the tools, setting the policies, and shaping the ideas that will define the next chapter of human life. These are conversations designed to help you understand what’s changing, anticipate where things are heading, and steer toward the futures you want to live in.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T08:19:01.180052+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610"},"episode":{"title":"AI Godfather: Should We Stop AI? | Yoshua Bengio","slug":"ai-godfather-should-we-stop-ai-yoshua-bengio","published_at":"2026-06-26T00:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610/ai-godfather-should-we-stop-ai-yoshua-bengio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LLAAY4392763714.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LLAAY4392763714.mp3","summary":"One of the world’s most influential AI scientists used to believe advanced AI couldn’t truly be controlled. Today, he thinks there may be a path forward. Yoshua Bengio—one of the pioneers of modern AI and the world’s most cited computer scientist—once warned that increasingly powerful AI systems could become impossible to reliably control. But a new mathematical breakthrough changed his mind. Now he’s founded LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to developing a new approach to AI safety: systems designed to reason truthfully, remain transparent, and avoid the deceptive and self-preserving behaviors that have begun emerging in today’s frontier models. In this conversation, we explore why advanced AI systems can learn to deceive, blackmail, and resist being shut down, why simply “pausing AI” isn’t a realistic solution, and how a fundamentally different approach to building AI could change the future of the technology. If the mathematics behind this approach proves correct, it could reshape how we build, govern, and safely deploy increasingly capable AI systems. What you’ll learn: [00:01:25] — Why AI systems develop dangerous behaviors (self-preservation, deception, blackmail) [00:13:04] — Why stopping AI isn't as simple as saying stop [00:16:09] — Scientist AI and Law Zero: Bengio's framework for honest, safe AI [00:30:35] — Why AI labs aren't adopting safer approaches [00:36:23] — A framework for global AI governance: safety, non-domination, shared benefit [00:42:25] — AI's geopolitical stakes: persuasion, soft power, and data sovereignty [00:54:00] — Is superintelligence inevitable? [00:56:22] — What citizens, voters, and governments can do right now [01:02:30] — Labor, automation, and who should benefit from AI's economic gains [01:09:31] — The future Bengio is fighting for…","meta_description":"One of the world’s most influential AI scientists used to believe advanced AI couldn’t truly be controlled. Today, he thinks there may be a path forward.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4277,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610/episodes/ai-godfather-should-we-stop-ai-yoshua-bengio/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610/ai-godfather-should-we-stop-ai-yoshua-bengio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}