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"

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml · 16 days ago

culpritus [any]@hexbear.net · 16 days ago

AI researchers acting like the war boys of Fury Road.

Witness my devotion to the cause!

Mirshe@lemmy.world · 16 days ago

Literal cult behavior.

kn33@lemmy.world · 16 days ago

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.

Ildsaye [they/them]@hexbear.net · 16 days ago

They should move to Mars. AI terraforming breakthroughs are just around the corner.