Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]

Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by traes on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:04AM (#49607090)

The accused Sebastian Bubeck has denied the allegations on Twitter[0], and various other OpenAI employees[1,2] seem to be mocking another Anthropic employee voicing support for Levent[3]? Things are getting messy.

[0] https://xcancel.com/SebastienBubeck/status/20972141224714323...

[1] https://xcancel.com/polynoamial/status/2097215233119211902

[2] https://xcancel.com/danintheory/status/2097214838003138603

[3] https://xcancel.com/_sholtodouglas/status/209721833169057800...

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by keeeba on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:07AM (#49607129)

The elves left a long time ago, it’s difficult to see much virtue in what remains.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by pdantix on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:39AM (#49607416)

i already have an extremely low view of openai and their staff, but this is lower than i thought they'd go

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by Recursing on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:50AM (#49607492)

Wow this is just bullying, it's insane that we are letting these people be in charge of the transition

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by paxys on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:57AM (#49608589)

So someone can make public accusations of theft against you and if you publicly reply denying it you’re the bully?

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by traes on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:24AM (#49608777)

I would assume they are calling the snark from Noam Brown and Dan Roberts bullying, not the somewhat bland denial.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by paxys on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:29AM (#49608823)

I read through those tweets, and can’t see the bullying everyone is referring to. Mind elaborating?

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by llelouch on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @08:25AM (#49609391)

They are mocking Sholto's support of Levent. I thought Noam Borwn would be above this but i think the cutlure withitn OpenAI encourages it.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by xdavidliu on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:06AM (#49610543)

seems to me the Noam tweet was before the Sholto tweet?

2:47 am (eastern time for me) https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2097215233119211902

2:59 am https://x.com/_sholtodouglas/status/2097218331690578000/

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by pred_ on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:37AM (#49610945)

Douglas was first: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49608972

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by tomjakubowski on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:26PM (#49616534)

Certainly a sign of the emotional immaturity and low empathy that's rampant in posters on internet forums like Twitter. Poor reflection on OpenAI.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by mathgenius on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:58PM (#49617726)

the transition ... to domination by our new AI overlords?

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by dbuser99 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:14PM (#49619963)

I would imagine these folks are being treated like gods at their companies. And having access to all the money/fame. It is not surprising they see themselves above all

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by mitchellgoffpc on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:35AM (#49607924)

I assume this will make more sense in the morning, right now I’m just extremely confused. Noam never struck me as the type to be snarky like this.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by andrewchambers on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:29AM (#49608828)

if I look at the timestamps, it appears Sholto is the one mocking Noams tweet... Noam posted first.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by pred_ on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:45AM (#49608972)

Douglas' 6:59 AM UTC post is edited. He has a 6:22 AM UTC post that predates Brown's 6:47 AM UTC post: https://xcancel.com/_sholtodouglas/status/209720900556759874...

Also note the lower post ID in the URL.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by paxys on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:45AM (#49608963)

Doesn’t matter. People’s minds are already made up, and facts aren’t getting in the way.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by pred_ on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:48AM (#49609010)

Assuming that your mind is not already made up, and that facts aren't getting in the way, do see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49608972

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by timmg on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:58AM (#49609112)

Interesting that both said “more tomorrow”. If someone accused me of something I didn’t do I’d be pretty clear about it right away.

If I needed to get my story straight, well, it might take a little time and coordination…

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by frabcus on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @11:25AM (#49611714)

Dan and Noam both posted exactly the same line "Seb is a really sweet guy with great intentions..."

From which I assume OpenAI PR wrote it for them. Which isn't surprising, but means it isn't worth taking seriously as them saying anything. It's official OpenAI PR.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by burkaman on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:22PM (#49614497)

No, they use that wording because they are mocking this tweet from an Anthropic employee: https://xcancel.com/_sholtodouglas/status/209721833169057800....

I don't know why.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by daquisu on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:16PM (#49617183)

That is even worse. Back to 5th grade I guess

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by cloche on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:05PM (#49617816)

Look at the President and the US government. This is society now.

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Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] by brcmthrowaway on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:44PM (#49616748)

I hope they mock Sholto. Dude is an absolute podcast grifter/booster.

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