The title should reflect the fact that this thread is primary LeCun responding to Bengio, not the latter expressing himself. Unfortunately this "response" soun

The title should reflect the fact that this thread is primary LeCun responding to Bengio, not the latter expressing himself. Unfortunately this "response" sounds more like a press release from his employer, whose actual track record on these things is hardly reassurring. But here is the thing: that scenario has been happening for years and effective countermeasures have been implemented. Social networks (Facebook and Instagram in particular) have implemented countermeasures against attempts to corrupt the democratic process since at least 2017. And then of course he says "but don't take my word for it, here's their quarterly report." Gee thanks, how reassuring.