AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says many AI researchers have taken up smoking to signal their faith in AI.
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- Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says many AI researchers have taken up smoking to signal their faith in AI.
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