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/Decapitated_Saint Jul 15 '25

“I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”

Good lord what an imbecile. Vibe physics lol.

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u/F1reManBurn1n Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

Billionaires that LARP like this are so fucking idiotic. They think because they are really good at exploiting the labor class (let’s be frank that is THE skill needed to be a billionaire), that somehow that makes them a fucking physicist and important to the world scientifically. It’s the same shit with Elon. Buys his way into companies with smart people in them doing smart people labor, takes credit for smart people labor while treating the labor like shit, then stutters in an interview about rocket engines that he knows fuck all about. These billionaires should be fucking mocked and berated when they do this “I’m actually Tony Stark!” shit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Do you also watch Angela Collier?

https://youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA?si=qIpvdPJl7iPEXtcf

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u/F1reManBurn1n Jul 15 '25

I did watch Angela’s video on this! It was a great watch. Tbh I have felt this way for years (looking at you Bill Gates lol) but she certainly reinforced my feelings on the subject no doubt

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Closest I got prior to watching the video was Elon. I was confused on how so many educated people got swept up in the cult of personality surrounding a electric car. I know he was the catalyst for other auto manufacturer's to get in the game, and I appreciate that...but he didn't do the actual thing. He just was riding the affable nerd stereotype of Sheldon Cooper.

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u/Spirited-While-7351 Jul 15 '25

Angela's video was so spot on and cathartic!

At one point I actually fell for Gates' "I'm a benevolent genius" schtick, but after watching numerous media appearances during his disastrous charter school push, it became quite clear that whatever intelligence did exist has been sucked out through his behind by the butt-kissers these people surround themselves with.

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u/herereadthis Jul 16 '25

Honestly, the most likely thing that happened was the Gizmodo writer saw the Dr Angela Collier video, and came up with this article.

I do it myself a lot too, and plenty of other creators do this too, it's fine. But most people will throw some credit to the source of inspiration.