AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio urges Canada to build $1B public supercomputer
The man who's known as the godfather of artificial intelligence says he's pitched governments on the idea in order to keep up with — and keep tabs on — private tech giants.
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The man who's known as the godfather of artificial intelligence says he's pitched governments on the idea in order to keep up with — and keep tabs on — private tech giants.