[lasfter]

Maciej Besta, the first author of this paper, is a machine.

Aside from coordinating big groups to write tons of papers, he does a bunch of impressive wilderness exploration. I recommend checking out his website, there's some stunning photos:

https://people.inf.ethz.ch/bestam/expeditions.html

[osigurdson]

Stating that someone “is a machine” is somewhat ambiguous these days as it is increasingly possible that they literally are one.

[EGreg]

Wasn’t TJ Holowaychuk confirmed to be an AI, or a group of people like Bourbaki? He never showed up at any events :)

https://qr.ae/pyvfKK

[gumby]

I also misinterpreted that sentence!

[mathisfun123]

Torsten is PI of that group not Maciej so you're half right, since being Maciej is first author on this one he probably did most of the technical work (and who cares about "coordination").