Yes he was. I was at some of lectures he gave, and there were literal queues to get his autograph.
> Suddenly, with this AI math thing in the past year or two, he is starting to get more non-academic focused attention.
He's just gaining popularity in your bubble, which is probably not much larger than the audience he previously had. It's not like he's suddenly become orders of magnitude more famous.
> Suddenly, with this AI math thing in the past year or two, he is starting to get more non-academic focused attention.
He's just gaining popularity in your bubble, which is probably not much larger than the audience he previously had. It's not like he's suddenly become orders of magnitude more famous.