The New Tobacco Playbook: How Venture Capitalist Sell Us AI as Digital Self-Displacement

In the 1940s, tobacco companies paid doctors $5,000 (equivalent to $60,000 today) to recommend cigarettes as a treatment for throat irritation. They hosted lavish dinners, set up “hospitality booths” at medical conventions, and even had cigarette packs embossed with doctors’ names. All to exploit public trust in medical authorities and calm growing concerns about smoking’s … Continue reading The New Tobacco Playbook: How Venture Capitalist Sell Us AI as Digital Self-Displacement →