Religion: Thiel's 'Antichrist' obsession
Peter Thiel’s new lectures cast critics of tech and AI as “legionnaires of the Antichrist”
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Peter Thiel’s new lectures cast critics of tech and AI as “legionnaires of the Antichrist”
theweek.comIn a series of appearances, the billionaire investor has offered his analysis intertwining technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end of the world.
www.wsj.comA California nonprofit is set to host an off-the-record lecture series featuring billionaire investor Peter Thiel on the biblical figure of the Antichrist
www.christianpost.comBillionaire investor Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and founder of Palantir, the surveillance company used by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, launched a private lecture series on “the Antichrist” for technologists and futurists. Thiel seems to see the apocalypse unfolding in stages.
dornsife.usc.eduThe political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on 'an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times'
www.theguardian.comIn leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that 'the Antichrist' is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.comThiel's four-part lecturer series on the Antichrist, which concluded last week, drew a lot of attention in the tech world. Though it was off-the-record, the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reported extensively on his religious theories, in which Thiel warned of false prophets using AI regulations to gain totalitarian power and usher in a biblical apocalypse. (Eliezer Yudkowsky, of course, is the AI 'doomer' critic who wants to slow the technology down.)
www.politico.comThe Palantir cofounder will explore how Christian theology intersects with modern technology in four private lectures merging faith and business.
fortune.comBusinessweek senior reporter Max Chafkin, who wrote a biography of Peter Thiel, is here today to discuss the latest headlines about the controversial technologist. And speaking of tech, don’t miss Bloomberg’s live coverage of Apple’s iPhone launch this afternoon.
news.bloomberglaw.comThirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They've been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
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