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

Billionaire Peter Thiel apparently thinks activist Greta Thunberg and AI “convicts” 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 Job. In the lectures, which were to be confidential according to the event listing, Thiel expounded on his religious views.

Reuters reported that Thiel has become cautious about the emergence of a nitchrist who promises to stop something like AI and forge a one-world government. This person would restrict individual freedoms and human innovation.

“In the 17th and 18th century, the Antichrist would have been Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all kinds of crazy, evil science,” Thiel was quoted as saying. “In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It’s someone like Greta or Eliezer.”

The Luddites were former textile workers in the early 19th century who destroyed the machines used to replace their workforce; “Luddite” has become a term for skeptics or opponents of technology.

Thiel also referenced Thunberg, who became famous for her climate activism and was recently arrested by Israel along with other activists from an aid flotilla to Gaza. (This is apparently not the first time he has associated it with the Antichrist.)

He also named Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent AI researcher whose new book, If anyone builds it, everyone diespresents AI as an existential threat. As Gizmodo pointed out, Thiel began funding Yudkowsky’s “Singularity Institute” in 2005.

Reuters also recently reported that Thiel warned compatriot Elon Musk against donating to charity.