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Yoshua Bengio, renowned as the ‘Godfather’ of AI, has voiced significant concerns over the potential catastrophic risks associated with hyperintelligent AI systems. He suggests that AI firms should be mandated to secure nuclear-style insurance to mitigate these risks. Bengio emphasizes the importance of taking even a small probability of catastrophic AI outcomes seriously due to their potentially large impact. In response to these threats, he has launched a Canada-based non-profit, LawZero, which focuses on developing safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence technologies.