AI researchers take up smoking

October 15, 2026
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Some AI researchers are reportedly taking up smoking to signal their belief that AI will cure cancer. Plus, we talk to Ruth, a Los Angeles screenwriter, who explains how Hollywood writers like her are getting paid to train AI to replace them.

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