Peter Thiel reportedly linked Greta Thunberg and AI skeptics to the Antichrist.

Peter Thiel reportedly linked Greta Thunberg and AI skeptics to the Antichrist

Luddites, too.
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Billionaire Peter Thiel apparently thinks activist Greta Thunberg and AI "doomers" are "legionnaires of the antichrist," the PayPal and Palantir co-founder reportedly said in a recording reviewed by the Washington Post.

The recording is from a four-part lecture series on the Antichrist, aptly titled "The Antichrist: A Four-Part Lecture Series," according to the Post. In the lectures, which were told to be off the record according to the event listing, Thiel laid out his religious views.

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Reuters reported that Thiel has become cautious that an ntichrist who promises to stop something like AI will emerge and forge a one-world government. That person would curtail individual freedoms and human innovation.

"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel reportedly said. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer."

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The Luddites were former textile workers in the early 19th century who destroyed machines used to replace their labor; "Luddite" has become a term to refer to technology skeptics or opposer.

Thiel also referred to Thunberg, who rose to fame for her climate activism and was recently detained by Israel along with other activists on an aid flotilla to Gaza. (It is apparently not the first time he associated her with the Antichrist.)

He also named Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent AI researcher whose new book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Diesposes AI as an existential threat. As Gizmodo pointed out, Thiel started funding Yudkowsky's "Singularity Institute" in 2005.

Reuters also recently reported that Thiel warned fellow billionaire Elon Musk against donating to charities.

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Perhaps facing reality head on is the most honest way to try to escape it.

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  1. Fucking authoritarian zealot.

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  2. Isn´t AI itself a product of the Antichrist?

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  3. Every accusation is a confession

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  4. The antichrist seems to be revealing itself as a group composed of mega billionaires, politicians, political advisors and organizations, and think tanks.

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  5. We need to bring back involuntary commitment.

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  6. Intelligence beats outrage

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  7. Welp... it's clear being a billionaire removes you from the people that put you there.

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  8. His friend Musk is more likely the one. With chip implants and ai robot army printing

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  9. Uhhh, who is throwing the monkey wrenches in the progress of science?

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  10. It’s always projection with these folks.

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  11. Deflection deflection deflection

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  12. Yeah the Antichrist, i was forgetting the Anticrhist
    🤣🤣🤣

    AI was gift of Christ 🤣🤣🤣

    You guys rock in USA

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  13. He does realize the people that believe in an antichrist don’t accept his sexual orientation

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  14. It takes one to know one!

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  15. I’m confused-are environmentalists luddites or forward thinkers looking for better ways to satisfy human needs while being mindful to maintain critical environmental conditions? Many “progressive” Christians read Revelation as veiled criticism of Rome. The antichrist would be line of and current Cesear at the time.

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    1. Luddites are people who are not in favor of an overuse of technology. It's an old term from the Industrial Revolution when technology took over humans' jobs. Think weaving, printing press, etc. Peter Thiel's fortune is in technology, so he thinks anyone opposed is the enemy.

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  16. He’s probably worried he’s the anti christ..

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  17. Trying to get the heat 🔥😈 off of himself... pun intended.

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  18. How??? Why???
    How is slowing down science the “anti christ”? What are are smoking, kid??? That’s makes no effing sense!!!

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  19. He needs to take some ketamine and bring it down a notch. Perhaps these oligarchs are the “antichrist” 🙄 using religion and christianity as a basis for control, power, money and manipulation of the free world.

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  20. Peter Thiel is a proven sponsor of the fascism and authoritarianism. The Thiel Foundation cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, AI and nuclear war to amass inordinate power.

    The Right accuses George Soros of funding Leftist violence and protests through his Open Society Foundation but the conservative Capital Research Center acknowledged that they had not found evidence that the OSF had committed a crime.

    OSF supports nonpartisan civic engagement; works to ensure the administration of free and fair elections, promotes fair political representation, and guards against mis- and disinformation.

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  21. Peter Thiel is so degenerate and evil he doesn't realize he is the closest to the anti christ

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  22. Conservatives being staunchly anti gay but give this guy a pass because they love nationalist rich boys.

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  23. Theil is a twisted man..

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  24. Definite not a gay role model. For sure lol.

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  25. Just look in the mirror Thiel, you'll spot the devil.

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  26. He sucks dick but he is not the Antichrist 🤣

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  27. OMG. he is evil snd ignorant

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  28. Pure evil.. that's this guy.

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  29. WTF! These people are crazy!!!

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  30. PT is a horror of a human

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  31. You'd think a guy like wouldn't be stuck huffing paint.

    C'mon, Pete, buy some good drugs.

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  32. If anyone is the devil its this guy period.
    Everything he does goes against moral decency and his interpretation of the Bible is skewed to fit his twisted vision. 🖕🏾

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  33. You are on the Epstein list, so you might want to lay low !!!!

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  34. this person is pure evil

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  35. These old white dudes are so obsessed with greta.

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  36. Pure, unadulterated evil.

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  37. 🖕🏽this pedophile

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  38. Peter Theil deserves the worst punishment allowed for crimes against humanity. He’s a real life Bond villain, should be imprisoned in his underground bunker on his secret hideout volcano island

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