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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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    utilitarian approaches has been around since the 1960s and 70s

    utilitarian approaches have been around for much longer than that, at least since 1500 when machiavelli wrote the influential book “the prince” where he argued utilitarism.

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      24 hours ago

      Correct. But I am referring to unfeeling computers writing off people like they were just assets and tools, like an unneeded screwdriver or empty soda can.