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Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by 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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[–] 6 points 10 months ago

why do so many end times Christians view end times prophecies like the Antichrist or the Mark of the Beast as things to be prevented or avoided?

wasn't raised Christian, but this kind of dissonance is what made me 1) question the faith of so-called believers around me, and 2) question the validity of my own faith / the teachings.

When it comes to most hardline religious people, If they really believed the teachings they claimed are true, they would behave in a completely different manner.

To live in literal accordance with most conservative religious teachings you basically have to act like an unhinged crazy person.

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