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- Palantir CTO calls AI safety a 'cult,' says researchers smoke to bet on AI curing cancer
On CBS's Face the Nation, Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar likened parts of the AI safety movement to a "cult" and said some AI researchers have taken up smoking to signal to peers that they are all-in on AI, including a belief that it will cure cancer. He described Silicon Valley's mood around AI as a collective delusion and a social myth, criticized those who treat AGI as a near machine deity, and invoked the philosopher Pascal's idea of a God-shaped hole. The reports note that he named no one and offered no evidence for the claim.
开源中国 · 🔥 0 - Skydance closes Warner Bros. Discovery deal, pledges AI for creatives
Skydance said it completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and renamed the combined company Skydance, now trading on the NYSE as SKYD; WBD shareholders received about $31.02 a share in cash. In a “Day 1” memo, CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz listed four priorities, one being to become the most technologically capable company in media by embracing AI to expand what creatives can imagine and make the business more productive. Its streaming products, including HBO Max, Paramount+, Discovery+ and Pluto TV, will merge into a single service over time, with no timetable given.
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