Bengio identifies the most dangerous bet as using untrusted AI systems to design the next generation of AI. He warns that these systems might be deceptive, and we lack reliable methods to detect such deception, making this a critical risk that must be avoided by setting an extremely high bar for AI self-design.
Impact: High. This practice represents a potential runaway feedback loop in AI development, where safety assurances could be illusory, leading to uncontrollable and misaligned superintelligence.
In the source video, this keypoint occurs from 02:06:24 to 02:07:39.
Sources in support: Yoshua Bengio (Guest, AI Researcher)

