Personnel: Yoshua Bengio at Mila - Quebec AI Institute (Founder & Scientific Director)
The source confirms Bengio is a founder of Mila and holds a leadership role, but describes his title as 'Founder and Scientific Advisor' rather than 'Founder & Scientific Director'. The source text uses 'Scientific Advisor' not 'Scientific Director'. Additionally, the source does not provide a start date of 1993 for this role — no founding date is mentioned in the biographical material provided. The person and organization are correctly identified, but the specific role title and start date cannot be fully verified from this source.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Yoshua Bengio
- Role
- Founder & Scientific Director
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- 1993
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Founded MILA (originally LISA lab) which became the Quebec AI Institute; prominent AI safety advocate
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source confirms Bengio is a founder of Mila and holds a leadership role, but describes his title as 'Founder and Scientific Advisor' rather than 'Founder & Scientific Director'. The source text uses 'Scientific Advisor' not 'Scientific Director'. Additionally, the source does not provide a start date of 1993 for this role — no founding date is mentioned in the biographical material provided. The person and organization are correctly identified, but the specific role title and start date cannot be fully verified from this source.