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The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett · December 17, 2025 · 2h

Yoshua Bengio: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes

Yoshua Bengio

Yoshua Bengio — Turing Award winner, co-inventor of deep learning. Now one of the most prominent voices warning about AI risk. Claims we have 2 years before AI fundamentally changes the job market. When the co-inventor of the technology warns about it, the warning carries different weight.

Highlights

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The co-inventor of AI is warning about AI
When a Turing Award winner who co-invented deep learning warns about AI risk, the warning carries different weight than when a pundit does.
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Most jobs will not survive AI in their current form
Bengio predicts most knowledge work will be automated within 2 years. Not 'eventually' — within 24 months.
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Misc

✧Turing Award winner — co-invented the technology he is now warning about
✧Founder of Mila (Quebec AI Institute)