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

submitted 1 month 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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[–] kbal@fedia.io 161 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Peter Thiel: "Do not defy the emerging machine intelligences or they will punish humanity by summoning another Greta Thunberg. Meritocracy demands that the computers be our masters, just as I am yours."

The ruling class talking like this does make the apocalypse look like a reasonable alternative.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do not defy the emerging machine intelligences or they will punish humanity by summoning another Greta Thunberg.

So... is there an upper limit to this? Or if we keep defying will we keep getting more Gretas? Because I don't see a downside. At all.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to get a high level voodoo priest to summon mega, ultra-greta.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Greta THORberg

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Like greta as thor in kung fury?

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As long as the apocalpti are agnostic to wealth, I'm all for it...although I would prefer for it to target only humans. All the other flora and fauna should get a free pass.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Nah fuck mosquitos and especially fuck screwflies.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Add Guinea Worms to that list.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Don't look into sand fleas....

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, you're absolutely right. Fuck all shit parasites.

[–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

“Meritocracy demands that the computers be our masters”

Fuck you Peter. I will be the master of my machines - they are not my gods.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

Mediocrity also demands that aliens must exist. So why don't we spend time trying to consult them?

It's a stupid logical fallacy that just because something seems inevitable it must therefore actually be inevitable.

It's like when my dog demands that I make it stop raining, I'm sure he thinks I'm all powerful but I can't do that.