Tim Gowers: credit should go to who polished the exposition, not who pressed the button
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-01
In the AI-scooping thread, Fields Medalist Tim Gowers replies that he hopes we'll reach a point where nobody cares who happened to press the button, but many care about who took the trouble to polish the exposition.
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