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Cancer researcher criticises researchers taking up smoking to back AI
Original: Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher
A Register report describes researchers taking up smoking as a tongue-in-cheek gesture of confidence in AI, with tobacco the stated substance of choice. A cancer researcher quoted in the piece calls the habit a bad bet, pushing back on the stunt by pointing to the obvious health risks of smoking.
Why now: The irony of health researchers embracing smoking to signal tech optimism is drawing attention and mockery.
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