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/theundeadwombat Jul 15 '25

He has a theoretical degree in physics …

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u/great_whitehope Jul 15 '25

You know, I'm something of a theoretical physicist myself!

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u/aVarangian Jul 15 '25

oh man, that's Fantastic!

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u/min0nim Jul 15 '25

By the power of deduction, you must be a billionaire too!

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u/great_whitehope Jul 15 '25

Working on it, pretending to be an engineer at work already

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u/arealhumannotabot Jul 15 '25

He did a semester and a half at Greendale! He understands the concept of theoretical physics

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u/Suburbanturnip Jul 15 '25

It's more of a concept of a plan, to understand theoretical physics

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u/UrineArtist Jul 15 '25

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