Thiel's leaked Rome lectures cast EA and AI "safetyism" as Antichrist forerunners, Bill Gates as "Mr. Hyde", and Eliezer Yudkowsky as "more Luddite than Greta" (David Gibson/The Verge)

Peter Thiel's leaked Rome lectures describe effective altruism and AI safetyism as precursors to the Antichrist, Bill Gates as "Mr. Hyde", and Eliezer Yudkowsky as "more Luddite than Greta". The lectures reflect apocalyptic worldviews in Silicon Valley amid the latest AI doom cycle.