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Microsoft's 2016 AI-Cancer Cure Prophecy Mocked Online

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A post on Mastodon references a 2016 Microsoft prophecy that AI will cure cancer within a decade. The author humorously questions this prediction, suggesting that if AI solves cancer, it might also solve the "AI problem" itself. The post links to articles discussing Microsoft's past claims about AI and cancer research, as well as AI's potential role in smoking cessation. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post discussing a past, unfulfilled prediction with a humorous and skeptical tone, not reporting on a new event or development.

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Microsoft's 2016 AI-Cancer Cure Prophecy Mocked Online

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · [email protected] ·

    Thanks to # Microsoft's 2016 prophecy, we are all virtually cured of # cancer today. We apparently just don't know it yet? 🤨 In other News: AI researchers are starting

    Dank # Microsoft Prophezeiung von 2016 sind wir heute quasi alle vom # Krebs geheilt. Wir wissen es offenbar nur noch nicht? 🤨 In other News: KI-Forscher fangen das # Rauchen wieder an, da # KI in Kürze den Krebs besiegen wird 🚬🤡 Hmmm 🤔 Vielleicht löst sich so ja das KI-Problem? …

    LINKS telegraph.co.uk/…/microsoft-will-solve-ca… xenospectrum.com/…/ai-smoking-cancer-clin…

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