Viet Thanh Nguyen
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1,011 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 7 May
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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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.
It's like humanity is not enough.
We need to be divine.
Well, be careful what you wish for because you go back to the Bible, the Tower of Babel.
God struck down human beings who aspired too much to divinity.
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