Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-researchers-smoking-ai-cure-cancer-palantir-cto-2026-10

I think that's a really good idea and we should encourage them. I recommend Kent cigarettes with the Micronite filter for a smooth aroma.

Archived link

Sankar did not name any researchers or provide evidence for the claim.

I wonder why...

Next please jump off a cliff after uploading your mind into the machine. Thank you!

C suite personal at AI companies have taken up smoking crack because.. well...

Some AI companies executives are blowing smoke up their ass.

Shhhh.... Let them...

LMAO… no they’re not.

some of that crowd already microdosed meth

"Micro"?

there was a thread there on rationalists microdosing meth for "cognitive improvement" reasons

I mean, Palantir has Zyn vending machines, so this isn’t much of a stretch I guess?

this is the same company that has attempted other ways of addicting their employees, for "productivity"

Real talk, I would love to smoke without worrying about cancer.

If cancer was the only one drawback it wouldn't even be that bad. In addition to cancer, it makes you smell like an ashtray, gives you really bad skin, and its even a cause for erectile dysfunction. There are better drugs to get addicted to.

Reminds me of the Anthropic employee who doesnt wear sunscreen

Jesus, they would

blowing smoke up their ass.

Must be a nice break from all of the cocaine.

I remember coming across an HN comment a couple years ago from a guy rambling on about how he had a connection for pure uncut cartel meth and consumed mass quantities, and how great it was for his ADHD. I should have bookmarked or screenshotted it.

With the power of denial you can!

Fires a burst from the Sten gun into the ceiling
I thought you Libertarian bleepers were scared of moral hazards like making people wear seatbelts so they don't squish their pea brains in a car crash?

If we find a way to smoke without damaging the lungs I'm taking it up again.

I don't miss being out of breath all the time and generally antsy when shut inside but fuck me but nothing compares the sublime joy of stepping out of some bullshit to drag on a durry.

big if true.

skinny nerd enters a bar, lights up and is thrown out

blog post appears: "yet another blatant attempt to deny white men sex"

segyges already trying to launder the unhinged out of the our chatbot will be curing cancer any minute now new round of claims by framing widespread resentment against AI as "curing cancer is less important than my job satisfaction".

microdosing (n) – Taking small amounts of illegal drugs while white. It may be possible to microdose without writing a book or personal essay about it, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/how-to-speak-silicon-valley-decoding-tech-bros-from-microdosing-to-privacy

(I don’t remember ‘small amounts of’ in there; somewhat diminishes the joke IMHO)

One of the strongest predictors of the cohesion of a religious movement is costly signaling by which people give things up in a highly visible, credible way for the cause, or in a way that only makes sense if they believe in the cause. Deconversion is highly correlated with not witnessing these credible displays.

okay but there's no way lung cancer catches up to them before incoming ai winter will

i also like how they're not even considering that "there is no meaningful improvement" might be an option

macro-microdosing

Silicon Valley makes a lot more sense if you first assume everyone rich is off their fucking tree

but if there is no meaningful improvement then their lifes purpose is null so they couldnt possibly even consider that as an option. Thems going to get on early on the NEXT BIG THING and make MONEY!! And they have also committed so much is nothing left for them if they back out so might as well live in psychosisland completely.

oh no no no that there will be revolutionary machine god made by them is basically their religious dogma

Our economy is fully intertwined with these people. They will crush us and demand to be spared from the consequences they wrought.

*Cancers. We would have to cure many cancers. Smoking increases your risk of cancer beyond just throat and lunch cancers.

*lunch cancers

So they're going after Arby's and Subway as well?

So use it to cure cancer. Don't put a button in the email client that makes shit up for people.

Liar

Just one more round of improving the models and I'm sure they'll start being useful for science. Just one more round...

Honestly, they should just do fentanyl instead and put their full faith in AI happening faster and more meaningfully than it really is.

Darwin Awards, here we come.

at least smoking is social

Real EA thinking there. Using spurious logic to provide a rational-sounding explanation for doing something bad you wanted to do anyway.

Finally some good fucking news. You know. They should be smoking 6 packs a day. Really gets the juices flowing. Gets your brain working at 600% efficiency. Running out of energy? Eat pure, raw Radium. Digest it. Make sure to snort some lead while you're at it. Blocks negative pathways in your brains. And what's a sandwich without some good old Americium. We're all patriots here right.

There's a reason he can't name any. Someone probably joked about it, and he thought it would be a good story to increase his shares in tobacco companies and AI

huh. not the onion. satire is dead.

No it's true and the post was fact-checked by REAL luddite patriots ✅

Perfect clipping