Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer

Source: Business Insider

Palantir's CTO Shyam Sankar said taking up smoking has become a way for AI researchers to show how much they believe in AI. Tom Brenner/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSome AI researchers are picking up cigarettes, Palantir's CTO said. Why? They think AI is going to cure cancer anyway, Shyam Sankar said.