alt Hacker NewsKinda weird because the pure math world doesn't have this concept of "lead authors" like other STEM areas do. Authors are alphabetically listed and there isn't generally this kind of hierarchy.
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fooker • yesterday at 7:03 PM
It works in niche fields where everyone knows each other and every discussion involves who did what portion of the work for a result.
From what I understand they aren't comfortable with the Anthropic employee being an author at all, not just lead author.