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Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says some AI researchers have taken up smoking as a way to show how strongly they believe AI will eventually cure cancer. It is a striking claim, and not exactly a sensible health plan.
Why it mattersTechSpot reports that Sankar made the remark in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation. The account does not establish how many researchers are doing this, or verify that the behaviour is widespread. What it does show is how fervent talk about AI’s future can spill into everyday culture.
Discuss: Is this serious conviction, performance for colleagues, or a story that needs better evidence before it travels further?
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