Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square157linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareVreyan31@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoThis 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”
minus-squarelate_pessimistic@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 hours agoYeah, 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.
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”
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.