Eric LawtonFeb 21

“Can a chatbot be a co-author? AI helps crack a long-stalled gluon amplitude proof”

We don't ask if spreadsheets or other programs can be co-authors.

We are allowing AI™ vendors to twist our language for their marketing campaign to get us to accept their software as people.

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-chatbot-author-ai-stalled-gluon.html

#propaganda #AI #BigTech

Can a chatbot be a co-author? AI helps crack a long-stalled gluon amplitude proof

Like many scientists, theoretical physicist Andrew Strominger was unimpressed with early attempts at probing ChatGPT, receiving clever-sounding answers that didn't stand up to scrutiny. So he was skeptical when a talented former graduate student paused a promising academic career to take a job with OpenAI. Strominger told him physics needed him more than Silicon Valley.

Phys.org
Show threadSzescstopniFeb 21
@EricLawton And once they have personhood by law, like companies, we won't be able to kill them.
Show threadWilliam WhitlowFeb 21

@Szescstopni @EricLawton

I suppose the logical consistency of this would then involve complex legal proceedings equivalent to withdrawing life support in order to close a computer program...

At that point would AI data centers be approaching the equivalence of hospitals from a critical infrastructure perspective?

Show threadBlahster
@wwhitlow @Szescstopni @EricLawton they are even above that just now - do you know how many diesel generators they have on their rooftops and how much fuel they store in their basements?
Feb 21 at 7:10pmWeb
Show threadWilliam WhitlowFeb 21

@Blahster @Szescstopni @EricLawton

No, if you have a source I would be fascinated to read about it.

Show threadBlahsterFeb 21
@wwhitlow @Szescstopni @EricLawton the source is the company I work for - we build those emergency fuel supplies. I can't give you the details, but every data centre has about 20-30 emergency generators of their own, depending on their size.