Thiel's Leaked Rome Lectures Cast AI 'Safetyism' as Antichrist Legionnaires, Call Yudkowsky 'More Luddite Than Greta'
Summary
Religion News Service's David Gibson, writing in The Verge, dissects Peter Thiel's leaked Rome Antichrist lectures: Thiel paints EA and AI 'safetyism' as 'legionnaires of the Antichrist', labels Bill Gates a 'Mr. Hyde' figure, and rates Eliezer Yudkowsky 'more Luddite than Greta' Thunberg. Thiel, who once funded Yudkowsky, says he is now 'embarrassed' by the association and calls today's AI-safety advocates 'deranged.'
Originally reported by theverge.com
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