Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:02PM
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With "rational" being defined as "not making us look bad" at best, and "letting us take credit for their work" at worst.
Yes, that is disgusting.
Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]
by 27183 on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @11:11AM
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This kind of coercive, threatening rhetoric is really not surprising at all. This is how tech companies operate.
What stands out to me is the naive lack of operational security on the part of academics, who should know better than to touch this SaaS crap with a ten foot pole.
Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]
by swozey on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @12:43PM
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I'm imagining all of the potential targeted customer lists now. Grab all those sweet .edu, et al logs without anyone thinking the wiser- until you release a stolen solution. What've they got on .gov?
> I said that if OpenAI released its result in the way proposed I would go public with what happened. The reply was, “Why would you ruin your career?” I replied that I am an academic, and asked why he thought going public would ruin my career. The reply was, “If you don’t want me to be nice, then I don’t have to be nice.” Some time later Levent received a text proposing that he and Sebastien speak one on one, saying, “I don’t know if Tristan is being fully rational right now.”