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One of Silicon Valley's most prominent techbros is giving lectures on the Antichrist -- and he thinks it's the Pope (www.thelettersfromleo.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Prunebutt@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39329798

Bet you never thought you'd read that combination of words anywhere other than on the back of a Dan Brown book, did you.

(article is paywalled, unfortunately, but there's enough there to get the gist)

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fact that everything he's describing as "the Antichrist" also perfectly describes himself, should be obvious to anyone with a shred of self-awareness. It blows my mind how many of these so-called "tech geniuses" are actually just really stupid people with a lot of money to burn.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

I think the bit might be intentional. It's trying to level up "the AI will bear a god whigh will exterminate all human life".