Some AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.

Forget sleepmaxxing and cold plunging: smoking is the new lifestyle flex among AI researchers.

At least, that’s according to Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar, who said some AI researchers are taking up smoking to signal their belief that AI will eventually cure cancer.

“So many AI researchers have started smoking as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI,” Sankar said in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I have no problem with palantir employees doing this. AI can solve all of these medical problems. These palantir folks could also give themselves rabies to prove how wrong we all are about AI, and how right and smart they are. Where do we source some rabies?