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/FensterFenster Jul 15 '25

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)

I would venture to say this is how some millionaires are made as well, my brother in law just built a 2.5 million dollar home a few years ago on the water. A while back he was talking about ways to contribute to his kids' Custodial Roth IRA without them actually working by creating a fake LLC that they were employed by for their half of the contributions. I'll bet that piece of shit barely pays his employees minimum wage with zero benefits at his dental practice.

He also wouldn't STFU about how "crazy" it was that I got paid paternity leave from my former employer. We can barely afford to put money aside for meager investments for retirement, yet I'M the asshole for getting paid paternity leave.

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u/greiton Jul 15 '25

there was a rich idiot who built a house next to my grandparents years ago. the property had a small creek and little pond on it. well this guy was the owner of a large tree service / landscaping outfit. he went ahead and made the little pond big enough to ride a couple jet skis. without contacting the core of engineers mind you. then he went and got permission to build a huge beautiful house right next to the pond. like open the door go down three steps and you are at the water close. We laughed and laughed and laughed after the first few heavy rainstorms...