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Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday launched a new council to advise on artificial intelligence, in an effort to shape responsible policy on a technology some fear poses an existential threat to humanity.
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Carney’s office said the National Council on Artificial Intelligence will “provide independent, practical advice on Canada’s AI transformation.”
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The council’s members will include Yoshua Bengio, the Montreal-based computer scientist considered one of the founders of AI.
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In an interview with AFP last month, Bengio warned that “we’re losing control” of AI and said the global community needed to impose guardrails on the technology, similar to nuclear non-proliferation.
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Carney said the council’s mandate will be to help his government “manage the risks, seize the opportunities, and ensure AI is used to improve the lives of all Canadians.”
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The 13-member council includes academics, people who have held leadership roles in private-sector technology firms, and a former national security adviser under Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau.
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