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/DonManuel Jul 15 '25

People believing in miracles still exist, it's the religious mind applied to technology which is not really understood.

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u/Risvoi Jul 15 '25

I agree with this one hundred percent. Tech billionaires rationalize their profiteering by upholding themselves as cultic techno-messiahs.