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Palantir CTO Calls AI Researchers' Smoking Trend 'Mass Psychosis'

Shyam Sankar argues that AI researchers smoking to prove faith in the technology signals a dangerous level of tech-fueled mass psychosis.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 13 Oct 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 13 Oct 2026. decrypt.co published first, on 13 October at 17:37 UTC; Fortune followed 1h 14m later. The most recent article, from Fortune, appeared on 13 October at 18:51 UTC.

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  1. Palantir’s CTO claims AI researchers are smoking to prove they believe AI will cure cancer, and he says it’s a sign of tech-fueled ‘mass psychosis’ Fortune
  2. AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec decrypt.co

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