Funny. The listed items that are disputed over credit among these academics are actually quite trivial, and probably mentioned by many, for as long as neural networks and AI discussions go.<p>Also, the rise of people like Yann to fame is largely due to the commercialization of machine learning applications and the explosion of computer science, data and computing. Training CNNs was an important step, but I would say if attention was focused on neural networks, it would have been immediately discovered.