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So advancing AI is a religious crusade now?

Thiel “encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist”

Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist - WSJ
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a good complement and in-depth analysis is this article by Emile P. Torres*: The Political Power of Eschatological Thinking: This Is Why Peter Thiel Is Talking About the Antichrist
https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-political-power-of-eschatological-82b

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* note: Emile P. Torres is author with @timnitGebru of this seminal piece on "the TESCREAL bundle" https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636


The Political Power of Eschatological Thinking: This Is Why Peter Thiel Is Talking About the Antichrist

Trying to make sense of Thiel's obsession with the Antichrist and Armageddon? This article has the answers. Parts 1 and 2 lay the foundations, and parts 3 and 4 offer an explanation. (4,100 words.)
Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter
@Timnit Gebru (she/her).
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