alt Hacker News> basically both sides now dislike that he flip flopped
No, the dumb thing is the idea that there are "sides".
> basically both sides now dislike that he flip flopped
Literally the only people with this opinion of Tao are internet forum warriors who have no expertise in the field and who's opinion of Tao don't matter in the slightest.
> who's opinion of Tao don't matter in the slightest.
Similarly, Tao being ‘on the warpath’ does not matter in the slightest when it comes to formalizing math and finding proofs to important unsolved problems with AI.