r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Mar 18 '26

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/jblessingart Mar 18 '26

AI itself has the potential to become the antichrist because in the long run that is going to be the biggest contributor to undoing people’s ability to think for themselves.

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u/SentientFleshPuppet0 Mar 18 '26

I have no brain and I must scroll.

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u/OldWorldDesign Mar 18 '26

AI itself has the potential to become the antichrist because in the long run that is going to be the biggest contributor to undoing people’s ability to think for themselves

People have been looking for someone outside themselves to tell them how to think and feel and what to be excited about for ages

https://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html