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AI 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.com)
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[–] 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

Do not interrupt the enemy while they are making a mistake.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago

    Too bad smoking kills you way too slowly to stop them from doing plenty of damage in the interim.

    We need to suggest to them a quicker destructive habit. AI-designed wingsuits for BASE jumping, maybe?

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