person
Hugo Larochelle
Google DeepMind; Mila
Senior research scientist at Google DeepMind in Montréal and adjunct professor at Université de Montréal / Mila. Researches meta-learning, generative models, and few-shot learning.
current Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind; Adjunct Professor, Mila / Université de Montréal
Strategy positions
Alignment firstmixedtentative
Solve technical alignment before capability thresholds closePublic on inclusivity and reproducibility in ML; less explicitly aligned-or-against on AI x-risk framings, but supportive of Bengio-style cautious framing in Canadian policy.
Reproducibility and accessibility in machine learning are not optional features; they are how we sustain the field's credibility.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.