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The smoking thing was a joke btw

This does not sound like he was joking, the people driving the clown car are not even clown competent IMO.

If it is more than just the one guy, it could also mean that they are expecting the AI to kill them before the cancer does.

Well then, they should stop building it.

And lose paper billionaire status?

As they say in a Mexican standoff, you first.