Defended or excused
“Seb is a really sweet guy with great intentions”
Defends his collaborator's intentions and expresses regret at how the announcement unfolded.
- Speaker
- Noam Brown
- Capacity
- OpenAI research collaborator, speaking on his own account
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Sébastien Bubeck
- Classification rationale
- Character-and-intentions defense only; it does not independently rebut each allegation.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Early response before Bubeck's detailed statement.
After the quotation
Says he will have more to say; this entry does not convert his personal defense into a technical or factual exoneration.
Evidence
Complete source record
Noam Brown defends Bubeck's intentions (opens in a new tab)
Early defense of a collaborator's character and intentions. This post is not an independent audit of data use, authorship or mathematical validity.