person
Aaron Courville
Université de Montréal; Deep Learning textbook co-author
Co-author with Goodfellow and Bengio of the canonical Deep Learning textbook. MILA professor and long-time collaborator with Bengio on AI safety positions.
current Professor, Université de Montréal / Mila
Strategy positions
Alignment firstendorses
Solve technical alignment before capability thresholds closeQuiet co-signer of Bengio-aligned positions on safety research priorities.
Alignment should be a first-class research problem alongside capabilities.
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.