Perplexity staffer rebuts prestige argument for delaying AI proof release

panickssery · x · 2026-09-23

Perplexity employee panickssery responded on X to a common counterargument about releasing a proof: that someone else will write the explainer and take the prestige (or that no one will, for the same reason). He argued this is an internal prestige-allocation matter, not a valid reason to delay release, and then asked Grok which mathematicians might sign a related letter.

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