Peter Thiel Interview
A new interview with Thiel is up on reason.com, which took place during the Singularity Summit last September. I’ve mentioned before that, as a fellow chess player, stock trader, libertarian and Singularitarian, I am a fan of Thiel.
This quote made me laugh, because I agree:
Reason: Bill Joy, the former chief scientist at Sun Microsystems, declared in his famous article “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us” that we have to relinquish artificial intelligence, biotech, and nanotechnology because they’re just too dangerous for human beings to handle. Is there some truth to that?
Thiel: I think it’s not even wrong. It’s one of those things that’s so far off the mark that it is not even wrong.
Thiel has recently invested in Milton Friedman’s grandson’s Seasteading Institute.
