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Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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This is a real thing Peter Thiel told a group of tech professionals recently.

In a four-part series of religious lectures in San Francisco, Peter Thiel — yes, that Peter Thiel — has argued that the End Times are nigh and that a biblical Antichrist — yes, that Antichrist — will come to Earth in the form of onerous government regulations placed on science, technology, and AI.

These are, incidentally, areas where the tech billionaire, venture capitalist, and cofounder of Palantir has a vested financial interest. [...]

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Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20250925211248/https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/785407/peter-thiel-antichrist-tech-regulation

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[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's saying it because he is trying to force a reaction from his evangelical republican pals. Either he wants to warn them off AI regulation because that would end the world or (the more likely option I think) he wants the accelerationist bastards to go full steam ahead and regulate because they want the end of the world and he wants to "pull up the ladder" on new emerging competing AI companies.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

From what I know of him it's in line with his beliefs - he was expecting total societal collapse in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dunno if it's what he actually expects, but it's definitely what he wants

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Behind the Bastards did a few episodes on him, he made some big financial bets on the basis it would collapse and lost out big. He seemingly did predict the crash but totally took the wrong decisions.

Who'd have thunk eBay would've given us both him and Musk.

[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Eurgh I'm not sure whether it's worse if he earnestly believes this crap or he's cynically and smartly playing the game. The only loser here is the human race.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Plus any male models that hang out with him and his partner long enougn

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

But why male models?