'AGI hedge fund' joke: go long Marlboro early because AGI will cure lung cancer
gabriel1 · x · 2026-11-10
Quoting a chart comparing $20/month invested in Marlboro cigarettes since 1980 versus smoking them, Gabriel jokes about an 'AGI hedge fund' that would go long tobacco early — because AGI will solve lung cancer. Classic AI-circle dark humor about AGI upending every industry's logic.
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