Fact-check: Bengio never said he 'regretted his life's work' — quote was from NYT's Hinton reporting
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-10-30
Using the Common Notes browser extension (Chrome/Firefox) to add fact-check notes on articles and videos, the author corrects a circulating claim: Yoshua Bengio never said he "regretted his life's work." That phrasing comes from the New York Times' May 2023 reporting on Geoffrey Hinton; a BBC headline then said Bengio felt "lost," and Bengio later stated he never said the regret line.
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