# AI Is Accelerating Faster Than Expected by Yoshua Bengio > "It is because there is an unexpected acceleration [in AI systems development] –I probably would not have signed such a letter a year ago– that we need to take a step back, and that my opinion on these topics has changed." > **— Yoshua Bengio**, *April 2023, Mila commentary* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** "It is because there is an unexpected acceleration –I probably would not have signed such a letter a year ago– that we need to take a step back, and that my opinion on these topics has changed." - **Editorial repair and evidence:** Restores Bengio's complete sentence, including his own temporal qualification. Brackets add the object from his immediately preceding sentence: “the acceleration of AI systems development.” His [own April 5, 2023 account](https://yoshuabengio.org/en/blog/slowing-down-development-ai-systems-passing-turing-test) specifies that his requested slowdown concerns giant AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, not AI in general. - **Full quotation and context:** [Statement from Yoshua Bengio after signing the open letter on giant AI systems](https://mila.quebec/en/news/statement-from-yoshua-bengio-after-signing-open-letter-on-giant-ai-systems) — Mila supplies Bengio's complete explanation of the unexpected acceleration and his call to step back. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "It is because there is an unexpected acceleration [in AI systems development] –I probably would not have signed such a letter a year ago– that we need to take a step back, and that my opinion on these topics has changed." — Yoshua Bengio, April 2023, Mila commentary https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-yoshua-bengio-ai-accelerating-faster-expected ```