Palantir CTO: some AI researchers took up smoking, betting AI will cure cancer
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-10-13
Palantir's CTO said at a Kalshi event that some AI researchers have started smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer. The author sharing the clip calls it a dangerous gamble: betting on AI curing cancer while ignoring well-established science on smoking risks isn't optimism.
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