Palantir CTO: some AI researchers now smoke, betting AI will cure cancer
moonsandhues · x · 2026-10-13
Palantir's CTO quipped that some AI researchers have taken up smoking again because they expect AI to eventually cure cancer — a backhanded expression of extreme AI optimism. The sharer joked 'AND I'M DOOMING??'
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