Palantir CTO quips AI researchers took up smoking to bet on AI curing cancer
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-13
Polymarket relays a tongue-in-cheek remark from Palantir's CTO: many AI researchers have started smoking cigarettes to signal their confidence that AI will cure cancer — an ironic jab at AI-community optimism.
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