Viet Thanh Nguyen

Didn't Steven Spielberg do a movie called AI like 20 years ago?

And in fact, if you go back to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, in Frankenstein, Mary Shelley already gave us the template that here is...

a scientist.

He's not even a mad scientist.

He's just a scientist who believes in the power of science, and he wants to push the boundaries of what we know as human beings and push the boundaries of humanity itself.

And then, of course, something terrible happens in Frankenstein to Frankenstein, but also to the monster that he creates.

So in fact, AI may be, yes, a new technology, but Peter Thiel, that dude is Frankenstein.

Okay, so the tech bros and the tech oligarchs think they're doing something new.

In some senses, obviously, yes, they are.

But in other senses, they're repeating a very old mythological template.

I believe one of the new projects, I thought people were kidding when they said this.

Is it Zuckerberg who's come up with Prometheus?

Somebody's come up with Prometheus.

Have you read?

Do you know what Prometheus is?

I mean, come on.

So, I mean, the Greeks already knew, do not tempt the gods.

Do not mess with the gods.

And that with AI is what we're doing.

And that's what Peter Thiel is saying.