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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. [...]

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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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[-] rozodru@piefed.social 35 points 1 year ago

ignore him. Thiel lost his marbles from obvious mental illness issues and drug addiction. Going down the same route as John McAfee.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 32 points 1 year ago

Johnn McAfee wasn’t any existential threat to everyone like Petie Thiel is.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Except for his neighbors down in Belize.

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

That's the price for sending all to Belize. Overcrowding.

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

And whales

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And those poor, poor hammocks (and cleaning people).

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

Give him an extra $10B and he might have been

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