AI circle drama: the 'baiting' trap of answering or staying silent
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-05
- AI researcher Su Chen Zhang frames an ongoing AI-circle controversy as "Intro to Baiting, 101": someone publicly demands confirmation of whether an account contacted a paper's author before her arXiv publication, and what was proposed.
- The post highlights the double bind — "damned if you respond, damned if you don't" — as a case study in how public callouts are weaponized in AI community drama.
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