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Religion today is more present than ever in the public sphere. The problem is that current ideologies underestimate the transcendent dimension to the point of cynicism.
This is the case of the German-American techno-libertarian, among others Peter Thielone of the founders Palantir Technologies. A software company specializing in artificial intelligence data (A.I.), was the major financial contributor to the career of the current Vice President of the United States, James D. Vance.
Thiel was obsessed with earthly immortality, and today he is interested in earthly immortality Holistic progress What does it mean to regulate artificial intelligence?
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The practice of professional and critical journalism is an essential pillar of democracy. This is why it bothers those who believe they are the bearers of the truth.
Those who propose regulatory frameworks for AI have been called the Legions of Antichrist, because they will end up producing a catastrophic future.
In order to publicize his concerns, Qutb decided to hold four two-hour conferences on the subject in San Francisco. He made an explicit request not to record them, however The Washington Post He was able to rebuild it and publish it on October 10, 2025.
Palantir has provided the Israeli military and intelligence agencies with automatic capabilities to determine a person’s location.”
“In the twenty-first century Antichrist “He is a supporter of Luddism and wants to end all science,” Thiel said, referring to the movement of English workers and craftsmen in the 19th century, who destroyed power looms during the Industrial Revolution for fear of job losses and low wages. “It’s someone like Greta or Eliezer,” he said, referring to Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist, and Eliezer Yudkowski, a prominent critic of the tech industry’s approach to artificial intelligence.
He also stressed that he fears moving towards a totalitarian world controlled by one country. Thiel is not known for the depth of his philosophical or theological reflections, but he deserves attention for the influence he exerts on American political leadership.
His vocabulary is full of references to End of the world. However, he is keen to talk about the racial biases of facial recognition systems, with many of the errors (false positives) that his company Palantir’s AI feeds to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ideal tools for spreading fear among the population, especially among immigrants.
Thiel calls”Soldiers of the Antichrist’s Legion He says to those who propose regulatory frameworks for artificial intelligence, they will ultimately produce a disastrous future.
To counter this fear campaign, Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago – the city where Robert Prevost was born – today Leo XIVHe expressed in a video: “The Church is with the immigrants” and will not remain silent “in the face of actions that harm the soul of its city.” This two-minute recording was broadcast in Spanish and English, and was clearly aimed at the Spanish community, which constitutes the majority among immigrants.
During the last plenary session of the conference Catholic bishops of the United StatesThe bishops received a report on the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence. The author of the report is Paul Shears, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, who warns:
“AI can reinforce a highly manipulative worldview“By which we try to control others, in the same way that powerful institutions try to control us.” Here we can point not only to the totalitarian state, but also to its counterpart: a few companies that control global technology, including Peter Thiel’s company.
Another aspect of technological dominance is geopolitics and the war waged by Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza. Palantir has provided the Israeli military and intelligence agencies with automatic capabilities to determine a person’s location. In the context of the ongoing search for terrorists, and the use of “unlawful use of force” (United Nations, 2 VII2025).
In the line of using or belittling religion, he called on the IDF in Hebrew Aphasia (The Gospel, the Good News) to an AI tool that allowed them to reach multiple hidden objectives more quickly. But it also caused the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians outside Hamas. Good news, for whom?
Palantír, in J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel, is a seeing stone that allows one to see distant events and can be used to provide distorted visions of reality. The similarities with the display are everywhere Big brotherBy British writer J. Orwell.
Donald Trump’s government’s association with Palantir warns us that the United States is at risk of turning its democracy into a global dictatorship, led by tech tycoons.