Here's the thing. In any sane political system amateurishly attempting to invoke the antichrist just because you don't like something would result in you getting completely ignored by everyone else. Only this is the US, so for some reason he gets platformed.

This truly confuses me and here’s why.

The reason that the evangelicals support Israel is because they are trying to bring on the end times. In the book of revelations, it Refers to events that happen at the temple in Jerusalem. They are supporting Netanyahu in his efforts to unify contiguous Israel, so that they can rebuild the temple and bring on the end times.

Summoning the antichrist seems like more of a feature than a bug to these people.

There's an antichrist (bible says there will be many antichrists before the big boss) in the white house right now, do something about that one. You helped put him there.

Imagine not only believing in the anti-christ, but then also believing that LLMs are some accurate tool.

In truth all that Thiel is saying is that he's a type of brain rotted Zizian cultist.

Delusional Rationalists are mentally ill, and for some reason when given LLMs they become worse. Thiel and others believe LLMs are time travelling gods.

It wouldn't surprise me if he and Elon were in relationships with ChatGPT (or think they are). The Rationalist groups actually believe in thought-experiments like Rokos Basilisk (Roko was just a user on a Rationalist forum by the way)... So I think these old tech billionaires are just lost, broken, and evil. They're pathetic, and should have their estates put into insolvency if they're going to say mentally ill shit.

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

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.

Ooooh.. OK.

I was aware of the "what" of the lectures, but was holding out for "why".

"Don't regulate me"

Got it.

This reminds me of the wealthy family in Gravity Falls. The daughter is a jerk to the main girl, Mabel, for petty reasons and the parents are exclusive jerks who think they are above everyone. End of series, the parents make “bad investments” by trying to profit off the apocalypse the main casts fixes, leaving them destitute.

I hope this outcome happens outside of fiction. Not out of spite, but because I want people who have much to learn some humility and help their fellow man.

Why are they all so ugly

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

"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.

Ahh yes, the gay billionaire is definitely someone I should trust in regard to Christian religious doctrine, especially concerning what is and is not considered good in the Christian viewpoint. Dudes already got at probably two strikes, and I'm betting he's checked off a few of the more minor of the 10 commandments, but like... on a major scale.

The Antichrist is coming to take my free money! - Peter Theil (Obvious demon)

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

What always strikes me most about the whole mess of modern day US politics is the sheer madness of it all.

The man is scared of Roko's Basilisk and actually thinks that putting all of his money into predictive text and racial profiling algorithms will lead to AGI.

He'd be the authority on this subject since he's a major financial backer of the antichrist.

Sounds just like something the Antichrist would say.

Isn't that when the rapture happens tho?

But would there also be any negative effects?

Another reason why billionaires shouldn't exist.

This is the man in charge of a multinational public surveillance program taking note of all of our digital activity. A large part of our collective future is in his hands.

We’re so fucked.