Silicon Valley's hot new talking points: beer and cigarettes
Tech bros can't stop talking about beer after Mark Zuckerberg drinking a Guinness went viral earlier in the week.
Recently, a new talking point among Silicon Valley tech figures has emerged: their beer consumption habits. Following Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on Stripe cofounder John Collison's podcast Cheeky Pint, where he sipped stout, a meme-worthy social media debate ensued. This sparked the creation of the Cheeky Pint Benchmark, a leaderboard ranking tech leaders by their Guinness consumption during podcast appearances.
Elon Musk topped the leaderboard, having downed three full pints on Collison's show. The benchmark has prompted various reactions from the tech world, with some dismissing its accuracy and others making light of it. Amid this lighthearted debate, a parallel discussion has surfaced regarding AI researchers' interest in smoking, with some viewing it as a symbol of confidence in artificial intelligence's potential to cure cancer.
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