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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not the Onion@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, "as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI", Palantir CTO tells CBS News' "Face the Nation"

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AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, "as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI", Palantir CTO tells CBS News' "Face the Nation"

www.businessinsider.com

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AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO
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Some AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.
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    They should move to Mars. AI terraforming breakthroughs are just around the corner.

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    Literal cult behavior.

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    AI researchers acting like the war boys of Fury Road.

    Witness my devotion to the cause!

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    This can’t actually be that widespread. It’s stupid even if they were right. There’s still tons of other bad health effects even discounting cancer.

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