As an ex smoker…if I were to pick up a pack while working as an AI researcher…I’d absolutely use that as a cheeky comeback when someone said something about me smoking again. Entirely not meaning it, blatantly joking to anyone possible of understanding tone and having a sense of humor.
However, I’m fairly certain most executives, and especially AI execs, are both tone-deaf and humorless.
I’d put $10 on polymarket saying that one of them overheard someone like me saying that, and it snowballed from there.
As an ex smoker…if I were to pick up a pack while working as an AI researcher…I’d absolutely use that as a cheeky comeback when someone said something about me smoking again. Entirely not meaning it, blatantly joking to anyone possible of understanding tone and having a sense of humor.
However, I’m fairly certain most executives, and especially AI execs, are both tone-deaf and humorless.
I’d put $10 on polymarket saying that one of them overheard someone like me saying that, and it snowballed from there.
I quit almost 20 years ago. I actually tried to smoke one a while ago just to see. It make me sick just to smell. Won’t ever touch one again.