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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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[–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

This is less "omg these guys who work crazy hours are making something incredible"

and more "these guys who work crazy hours have made up a new justification for their age-old legal stimulant addiction"

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah, I remember when Sergey Brin announced Google AI employees should work 16 hours a day to catch up to competition, people familiar with the industry said it's a low bar for a FAANG AI researcher. They work themselves to death.

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