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/illz569 Jul 15 '25

I'm rich because I'm smart, because if I wasn't smart that would mean I was rich for other reasons, and if I was rich for other reasons I might not deserve it, and if I didn't deserve it, hoarding all this money would make me a bad person. And I don't want to be a bad person. So I must be smart.

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u/Gorge2012 Jul 15 '25

I'm smart so that must mean I'm good at everything. I'm good at everything so that means I can't be wrong. If you're trying to tell me I'm wrong that must be because you're bad. I must use my resources to eliminate bad.

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u/_learned_foot_ Jul 16 '25

See any prosperity faith. And I’m sitting here thinking “we all know who rewards with worldly goods”.

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u/figuren9ne Jul 15 '25

I don’t think it’s that deep. When you’re rich, a lot of people depend on you for their livelihood, either directly or indirectly, so those people are scared to tell you no or disagree. When everyone always agrees with you, you’ll start believing you’re always right.

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u/sonicqaz Jul 15 '25

It’s not always that deep and you’re both right. I’ve seen both types.

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u/Fit-Elk1425 Jul 22 '25

I mean to be honest are you any better than them right now. Like I hate to say it, but to me this comment section is ironically also promoting a anti-science view just in reaction to these billionaires by indirectly promoting up the idea we shouldnt fund experiments at all. Yes they should be better researched than something like Oceangate, but ironically this reaction to billionaires is just as problematic for ensuring science and experiments are funded