Forget sleepmaxxing and cold plunging: smoking is the new lifestyle flex among AI researchers.
At least, that’s according to Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar, who said some AI researchers are taking up smoking to signal their belief that AI will eventually cure cancer.
“So many AI researchers have started smoking as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI,” Sankar said in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
shhh don’t ruin it for them, tell them paint chips and lead is also the new cool.
Honestly, I think there may be some reasons for hope on many fronts when it comes to health breakthroughs. But I think engaging in extremely risky behavior in the meantime is…quite the take.
It’s like the people that look at climate change and figure…fuck it, someone will figure out carbon capture and some geoengineering techniques, so it’s all gas no brakes, baby.
Which is exactly what’s happening