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thats a white paper , not the research paper (which is what ppl will read). You can also read it the other way around: He wanted to credit the entire Neuralink team, without claiming to be part if it or leading it

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It would have read that way if the author list had simply said 'Neuralink'. He is definitely positioning himself as the leader here.

Actually, the leader is usually the last author. The first author is usually the student doing the gruntwork

BioArxiv required at least one human author. We suggested this author list to him and, honestly, we just think it’s awesome.

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