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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

AI firms ‘should include members of public on boards to protect society’

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Yoshua Bengio says a ‘democratic process’ is needed to monitor developments in artificial intelligence. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Companies developing powerful artificial intelligence systems must have independent board members representing the “interests of society”, according to an expert regarded as one of the modern godfathers of the technology.

Yoshua Bengio, a co-winner of the 2018 Turing Award – referred to as the “Nobel prize of computing” – said AI firms must have oversight from members of the public, as advances in the technology accelerate rapidly.

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