"In a four-part series of religious lectures in San Francisco, Peter Thiel - yes, that Peter Thiel - has argued that the End Times are night 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 founder of Palantir has a vested financial interest."
"Last December, Thiel recorded a two-part podcast about the Apocalypse and ancient prophecies with the Hoover Institute's Peter Robinson, where he hashed out what he called his "speculative thesis": Human technologies, such as scientific research and artificial intelligence, have reached a point that they could conceivably cause global and civilizational destruction. The Antichrist, Thiel argued, would take the form of a one-world government that promised to regulat"
Peter Thiel delivered religious lectures asserting that the End Times are nigh and that a biblical Antichrist will appear as onerous government regulations on science, technology, and AI. Those regulatory threats align with areas in which Thiel holds financial and professional interests, including his role as founder of Palantir. Thiel has shown sustained interest in eschatology and interprets biblical and philosophical texts through an esoteric lens. He recorded a two-part podcast with the Hoover Institution's Peter Robinson outlining a "speculative thesis" that human technologies, particularly scientific research and artificial intelligence, could potentially cause global and civilizational destruction, and that a one-world government might promise to regulate
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