Palantir CTO: AI researchers now smoke, expecting AI to cure cancer
RB-reMarkable98 · reddit · 2026-10-14
A Reddit post shares an Exec Sum screenshot quoting Palantir's CTO saying some AI researchers have started smoking cigarettes because they expect AI to eventually cure cancer — a telling anecdote about AGI optimism in the field.
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