[dingnuts]

>It took what, 60,000 votes to swing the US election in 2016?

this is a conspiracy theory that gained popularity around the election but in the first impeachment hearings, those making allegations regarding foreign interference failed to produce any evidence whatsoever of a real targeted campaign in collusion with the Russian government.

[CamperBob2]

Eh, he's not wrong there -- our elections are subject to chaos theory at this point, more than the rule of law. Sensitive dependence on both initial conditions and invisible thresholds. The Russian "butterfly effect" in 2016 was very real. Even if it wasn't enough on its own to tip the balance in Trump's favor, they were very clear that Trump was their candidate of choice, and they very clearly took action in accordance with that. Neither of these statements is up for the slightest debate at this point.

However, the possibility of foreign election interference, real or imagined, is not a valid reason to hold back progress on AI.