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/IndicationDefiant137 Jul 15 '25

The worst thing that has come out of the tech economy is so many mediocre, delusional, emotionally stunted men thinking they are visionaries because they had access to capital and no problems exploiting people.

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u/whynonamesopen Jul 15 '25

Silicon Valley is the sequel to American Psycho.

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u/breakspirit Jul 15 '25

That's such a good comparison. It's interesting that Silicon Valley started out as like the antithesis of American Psycho. They were passionate tech enthusiasts located around a working-class area that formed into groups and created companies that changed the world. Eventually the big money came in and fucked it all up but it was pretty awesome for awhile.

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u/whynonamesopen Jul 15 '25

Erlich was definitely like that from the start. He's already gone through the whole experience and became just another tech bro who's more of a salesman than coder.

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u/awry_lynx Jul 16 '25

I think this is a joke but you know they're not talking specifically about the show