Sebastian Bubeck Responds to a Math Authorship Dispute

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Matthew Berman presents excerpts from Sebastian Bubeck’s response to a dispute over authorship and the release of work related to a Navier–Stokes initiative. Bubeck says he sought to coordinate releases and denies asking to remove Levent from authorship. The short presents his account and does not independently resolve the dispute.

1A response from BubeckBerman says Bubeck posted records of communications with the mathematician while leading OpenAI’s Navier–Stokes initiative.
2Coordination and authorshipBubeck says the two reached a solution at about the same time, and denies asking to remove Levent from authorship.
3Difficult conversationsBubeck describes the discussions as personally difficult and says Levent declined to attend meetings. The clip does not provide Levent’s response.

Conclusiones

Bubeck says he contacted Levent to coordinate releases after they reached a solution at roughly the same time.
Bubeck denies asking for Levent to be removed as an author of his own work.
He describes the conversations as difficult and says Levent did not attend meetings despite repeated requests.
The video presents one side of a dispute and does not independently establish the underlying facts.

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Bubeck’s account of coordination

Berman introduces Bubeck’s response and his explanation for contacting Levent. Bubeck denies asking to remove him from authorship.

DIAPOSITIVA 1 / 3Bubeck on coordinating releasesAn excerpt from his post says he contacted Levent to coordinate their releases.

Less than an hour ago, Sebastian Bubeck, who has been leading OpenAI’s Navier–Stokes initiative, posted records of his conversation with the mathematician. He says he reached out to Levent to coordinate their releases because they had arrived at a solution at about the same time. Bubeck also says he never asked for Levent to be removed from authorship of his own work, pointing to his text as support.

DIAPOSITIVA 2 / 3Bubeck’s authorship denialThe displayed excerpt says he did not ask to remove Levent from authorship of his own work.

The meetings

Bubeck describes the conversations as difficult and says Levent did not attend meetings despite repeated invitations. Berman remarks on the dispute without independently settling its facts.

DIAPOSITIVA 3 / 3Bubeck on meetingsThe post describes the conversations and his account of repeated meeting requests.

Bubeck says that, on a personal level, the conversations were incredibly difficult. He also says Levent refused to attend meetings despite repeated requests. It is interesting to see his account of how this unfolded; the short presents Bubeck’s position without independently establishing the disputed facts or including Levent’s response.