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DeepSeek Elastic Compute (DSec)

323 points · 116 comments · shenli3514

  1. flowerlad · · focus · HN ↗
    It seems every DeepSeek paper/patent has a huge number of authors, and this one is no exception. They couldn't even fit everyone on the page, there are 31 others not shown. This could be an asset protection strategy (i.e., human assets). Imagine if there were only 3 authors. Those authors may get hired away by competitors. If you list every employee on every paper then competitors don't know who to lure away.
    1. ahurmazda · · focus · HN ↗
      Just look for the “corresponding author”
      1. eru · · focus · HN ↗
        The unfortunate intern who had to upload to arxiv?
        1. otherme123 · · focus · HN ↗
          Corresponding author is the head of the group, usually the one who coordinates the study, the one who knows everyone else. Is the "if you have any question about anything in this paper, contact me" person, even years after publication.
          1. seanmcdirmid · · focus · HN ↗
            If it’s a Chinese institution, the first author will be the principle, not necessarily the corresponding author.
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