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

Note: source uses a two-headline system; the submission uses the shorter of the two

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

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[-] nocturne@slrpnk.net 249 points 1 year ago

strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist

That is a chance I am willing to take.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 55 points 1 year ago

I want both these things!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

According to the same mythos, we already have the antichrist

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I thought he was supposed to be attractive and compelling

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Have you seen the way his followers worship him?

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Guess I'm a pious christian then lol

[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, don't you remember? Obama was the anti-Christ.

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Funny thing is that most of the people who believe in the Rapture BS probably do want that to happen.

I don’t think this Thiel guy is as smart as he thinks he is.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist

oh that sounds bad!

no AI regulation will lead to misinformation and potentially a collapse of or at least significant degradation to society and here are legitimate theories with numbers to back them up as to why that’s the case

ah! hmm… yup… shit it’s just so hard to choose

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Let's goooooo

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean isn’t he exactly wrong? Unrestrained AI development is what could lead to the creation of a malevolent daemon with the potential to destroy mankind.

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