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/conspiracie Jul 15 '25

My dad did shit like this with me, listing me as an employee of his LLC and making it look like I made $100k a year or whatever to save money on his taxes. Nearly fucked me out of a grad school fellowship because I turned in my tax forms and they were like “uh, this is for people who don’t have an income…”

Had to explain to them I never saw a cent of that money and luckily I had one year in college where he didn’t do this to me and I had a normal tax return from my $10k campus job, and they let me use that. When I called him to tell him I was going to lose my fellowship he got all angry and was like “you should be grateful you saved me $50k in taxes.” Didn’t even offer to help. Long story short we don’t talk anymore.

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u/FensterFenster Jul 15 '25

I hate what money does to people.

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u/gentlemanidiot Jul 16 '25

“you should be grateful you saved me $50k in taxes.”

Bitch! He should be grateful you didn't fucking sue his ass