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Do Trump-supporting FB board members and executives have a say in what their algorithm promotes? In fact, they do.https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/10/facebook-mother-jones/ …
I don't think History will remember someone like Lecun as a convnet pioneer. He will be remembered as the man who was in charge of AI at Facebook during the decade when Facebook's algorithms weakened democracy worldwide and triggered a global wave of far-right populism.
Which is far more momentous and historically significant.
I'm sure there are many people at FB that are well-intentioned. I'm sure Lecun has good intentions. But what you believe in is irrelevant if your actions don't match your values. And if you're in a position of great power, there are no excuses anymore.
All tech that affects people's lives has an ethical dimension. If we build it, we have to be aware of how our decisions shape the direction of this impact. Who we choose to work for matters. Who we choose to support matters. Especially for those of us in leadership positions.
I think this is unfair. Yann is most probably not the one who allowed cambridge analytics activities for instance. What about Google? Here is what I get when I search "US elections". Second answer is what you don't like, right?pic.twitter.com/FXE7gWddJp
I agree, Youtube can absolutely do more to fight disinformation and avoid contributing to radicalization. I am not involved with Youtube, but it is my understanding that they take the problem very seriously, and they have made great progress since 2016.
Thank you for being brave enough to say this. We are all responsible for what we stand behind, the agenda that we promote through our work and where we receive our money.
Sad to see it through this optic, but it does make it obvious how his research is being supported - not a good look.
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