Former Intern of ByteDance Accused of Sabotage

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The discussion revolves around the allegations against a former ByteDance intern, Keyu Tian, who has been accused of professional misconduct, including sabotaging colleagues' work. The context includes his recent recognition as a winner of a prestigious AI research award at the NeurIPS conference, raising questions about the implications of his actions and the nature of the accusations.

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  • Some participants highlight the contrast between the intern's alleged misconduct and his recent award for AI research, suggesting a complex narrative.
  • One participant draws a parallel to the film "The Man in the White Suit," indicating a thematic connection between innovation and industry resistance.
  • Several posts note issues with accessing the original article due to paywalls, leading to discussions about accessibility and information sharing.

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Participants express varying levels of access to the source material, with some able to view it while others cannot. There is no consensus on the implications of the allegations or the significance of the award in light of the accusations.

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https://www.wired.com/story/bytedance-intern-best-paper-neurips/

FORMER BYTEDANCE intern who was allegedly dismissed for professional misconduct, including sabotaging colleagues’ work, was announced as a winner of one of the most prestigious annual awards for AI research this week. Keyu Tian, whose LinkedIn and Google Scholar pages list him as a master’s student in computer science at Peking University, is the first author of one of two papers chosen Tuesday for the main Best Paper Award at the Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) conference, the largest gathering of machine-learning researchers in the world.
 
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Not in Texas! I don't have a subscription, and it comes up fine.

Something to look into, though.
 
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The story reminds me of the Alec Guinness movie The Man in the White Suit where an out of work chemist finds a job working in a texttile lab because he knew how to work an electron microscope. They give him some lab space as a perk and he goes on a spree ordering equipment, blowing up the lab and finally creating an indestructible fabric that repels dirt.

Both the union and management claim him fearful of what his invention will do to their industry.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_White_Suit
 
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Not in Texas! I don't have a subscription, and it comes up fine.
Yeah, I see it fine also.
 
Huh. Now I see it just fine also.
 
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