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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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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

Add another entry to the Why There Should Be No Billionaires file.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

AI has it all wrong, it’s thiel that is the anti-christ.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Peter Thiel Appear On Camera Without Looking Coated with a Slick Layer of Actual Slime - Challenge Level: IMPOSSIBLE

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Such projection. The AI guys are the only ones trying to summon anything.

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[–] blacklisted@lemmy.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

Peter Thiel, preaching to the masses. He literally believes: the "masses are asses" too dumb to govern themselves

The dark maga asshat is an enemy of the USA.

https://jonsneider.substack.com/p/dark-maga

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

He's worried about the Basilisk thingie.

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 11 points 2 weeks ago

On the other hand living in a technofeudalist dystopia is what God wants...

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If I went around telling people Greta Turmberg was the anti christ and that I needed to wield supreme executive surveillance power to stop it they’d lock me away. They’d say I was mad. Look psychotic billionaires ranting about biblical scripture is no basis for a system of government..supreme executive rule should come from the will of the masses not some pedofile oligarch having a mental break

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"biblical Antichrist will come to Earth in the form of onerous government regulations placed on science, technology, and AI."

In other words "cut me loose so I can start my own cult and become the most powerful man on Earth". Whatever happened to you when you were in college, there are healthier ways to process it than full world domination Peter Thiel. Go see a therapist for fuck's sake and leave Earth alone.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Shit, regulate the fuck out of AI if this ass pimple thinks it's a bad idea

[–] Default_Defect@anarchist.nexus 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So hes trying to get it regulated? I don't understand, the death cult WANTS the antichrist so they can get their rapture.

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[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck. Way to make Satan seem lame. Jesus Christ.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

That is genuinely the most insane argument against government regulation I have ever seen.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Of course today we see that he is in the Epstein files, new ones released by Congress.

This guy being the puppet master behind Vance and others, makes sense how they went so stupidly hard into the Epstein cover-up.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

You cannot be super rich and have even half a soul. It is simply impossible.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 7 points 2 weeks ago

There's multiple people who have perfected being evil in their own ways, Peter Thiel amongst them.

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

Strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist, Peter Thiel, is more likely.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

THAT'S all we had to do?? jesus christ i've been slaughtering lambs for the last decade

[–] lemmyausmister@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's a real convenient belief for him to have isn't it? The way to end the world is to regulate me and my business in any way whatsoever. And people take him seriously. Can we all start doing this? Can you get out of traffic tickets this way? Tell cops that give you a ticket will end the world? Maybe I'll tell the IRS that taxing me in any way will bring about the Antichrist

[–] CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Huh. If Trump is the Antichrist, and he fits the description pretty much perfectly, would AI be "The Beast" in this movie?

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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago
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