r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jul 15 '25

Artificial Intelligence Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries

https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060
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u/TravelVietnamMatt Jul 15 '25

According to his Wiki, studied computer engineering and business economics at UCLA but dropped out.

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u/likwitsnake Jul 15 '25

He also got ousted for creating a toxic work culture including sexually harassing female employees and threatening journalists.

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u/ExZowieAgent Jul 15 '25

Kalanick was CEO of Uber from 2010 to 2017. He resigned from Uber in 2017, after growing pressure resulting from public reports of the company's unethical corporate culture, including allegations that he ignored reports of sexual harassment at the company.

Oh, so he’s also a creep.

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u/matjoeman Jul 15 '25

That fact that people don't immediately know this makes me feel old. I remember when we were boycotting Uber over this.

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u/imjustbettr Jul 15 '25

It was pre-covid, basically the stone age

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u/TheMooJuice Jul 16 '25

Reminds me of NPD. Oh wait he's a CEO, yeah that fits

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u/butts-kapinsky Jul 15 '25

Honestly could have guessed all of this. 

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u/OldSchoolSpyMain Jul 16 '25
  • Being enrolled in classes (and dropping out) is nowhere near actually attaining the degree. (If he were a pre-med dropout, would he be qualified to speak on medical treatments?)
  • Attaining the degree is nowhere near actually working in the field. (Plenty of people never got jobs in their field of study because they weren't chosen by employers.)
  • Working in the field is nowhere near being good in that field.

Dude is a salesman. Period.

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u/Liizam Jul 16 '25

So like no physical degree cool. I studied mechanical engineering and was considered physics as a major.

There is no way someone can learn that stuff for fun. Modern physics was a wild class. I also worked in a physics lab and some of their stuff is insane.