Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, "as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI", Palantir CTO tells CBS News' "Face the Nation"www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up1457arrow-down113
arrow-up1444arrow-down1external-linkAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, "as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI", Palantir CTO tells CBS News' "Face the Nation"www.businessinsider.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square117linkfedilink
minus-squarerageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI suppose this comes down to natural selection. Even if I was 100% convinced that AI could cure cancer, I’d be more convinced about Big Pharma not relinquishing a multi billion dollar a year treatment industry.
I suppose this comes down to natural selection.
Even if I was 100% convinced that AI could cure cancer, I’d be more convinced about Big Pharma not relinquishing a multi billion dollar a year treatment industry.