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

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Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar reports that a growing number of AI researchers are deliberately smoking cigarettes to demonstrate confidence that artificial intelligence will eventually cure cancer, using the habit as a symbolic “faith‑test.” He argues this quirky gesture reflects broader optimism, suggesting heightened investor enthusiasm and potentially inflating AI‑related stock valuations across the tech sector.