Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar has ‘AI theory’ for researchers taking up smoking
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar claims some AI researchers in Silicon Valley are taking up smoking to show how strongly they believe AI will cure cancer. Speaking in a US TV interview, he said many in the industry have filled a "god-shaped hole" with the "machine God of AGI," and blamed effective altruism for fuelling AI doomsday fears.
Palantir's chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar, has offered an intriguing perspective on why some artificial intelligence researchers have taken up smoking. In a recent US television interview, Sankar suggested that these researchers are lighting up as a symbolic gesture of their unwavering belief in the potential of AI to cure cancer.
He made this statement while addressing the issue of fear-driven narratives clouding the AI safety debate, without naming any specific individuals or providing evidence to support his claim. According to Sankar, the act of smoking serves as a message to other researchers, indicating that they are fully committed to the development and application of AI technology.
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