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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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[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Too bad smoking has more negative health impacts beyond just cancer...

(Edit: easier to understand image)

[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

AI will fix those too

- morons

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know some of these words.

[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good point. I switched in an easier to understand image

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks, that helps a lot!