Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse (Gift Article)

Stop me if you've heard this one before... Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

AIが人類に取り返しのつかない危害を加えるのではないかと言われている中で、なぜテック企業は開発をやめないのか。 ピーター・ティールやイーロン・マスクらに代表されるテック富豪はSF的な人類の進化の新しい段階を信じており、自分たち以外がそれを望んでいるかについては一顧だにしない。 しかし仮に不測の事態が起こった場合でもザッカーバーグは豪勢なサバイバル型の敷地をカウアイ島に準備しているし、ティールもNZで同様のものを準備していたが最近アルゼンチンに移動している。 OpenAIは人類を越えると言われるAGIを www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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This Michelle Goldberg column is very good. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

...it’s a chance worth taking."

"Some imagine themselves as digitally enabled Übermenschen." (h/t @redneckhack.bsky.social)

The religious convictions underlying the exaggerations about AI.

Michelle Goldberg on Peter Thiel, the Antichrist and his new Frankenstein, JD Vance.

It makes the tech oligarch’s attempts to privilege the generative AI simulacra, and imagine almost a world for them, instead of humans, all the more eerie.

“Part of the reason the public has turned so quickly and decisively against #AI is the bizarre mismatch between the costs they’re being asked to bear and the rewards they expect to receive” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

“Data centers blight the landscape, A.I. slop degrades the culture, chatbots help kids cheat in school and sometimes drive people mad, and technology executives prophesy mass joblessness. For this, ordinary people get… help writing emails.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

"If they must wager our lives to summon their digital god, it’s a chance worth taking." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

"Our tech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish, but some don’t see it as mission critical. More important is that they reach their posthuman or interplanetary apotheosis. If they must wager our lives to summon their digital god, it’s a chance worth taking."

More on all of our deaths because of these Promethean fuckers

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... More than ever, we need a world understanding of the Paradox of Tolerance. We cannot tolerate the hateful intolerance of the billionaire class.

« If they must wager our lives to summon their digital god, it’s a chance worth taking. » www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Very disturbing. AI tech leaders think they are gods and must not be questioned. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

If the billionaires can consider risking the apocalypse, then surely we can consider the complete elimination of all billionaires.

Maybe it's just because I'm catching up on @unhappinesspod.bsky.social but I really need to talk to someone about why these AI bosses -- many of whom felt they were feminized as "nerds" earlier in life but now rule the world -- now want to be Daddy to God. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Theil thinks he is God. Zuckerberg and Musk have out plans, Open AI will build a bunker. Even Jared and Ivanka are searching for an island somewhere they won't shooed out by locals. The Technofascists are building a bomb they plan to use it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

“the public has turned against A.I. [due to a] mismatch b\n costs & rewards. Data centers, A.I. slop, cheating, job loss for improved search engines.”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/ai-tech-apocalypse-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.w86L.CEjWgN2OSYO_&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse #Oligarchy They want to control you. Really, they are evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

(GIFT ARTICLE) Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse By Michelle Goldberg www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

This is madness. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Tech oligarchs awaiting the Rapture: "[AI] technology, some tech titans believe, will allow humans — at least some humans — to escape the bounds of earth and even perhaps the inevitability of death." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

#ProTip Never let people who are (at best) indifferent to your survival have decision-making power over whether you live or not. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

————————- Michelle Goldberg: “In Peter Thiel’s worldview, the forces of dynamism must struggle against the evils of stagnation, represented by [Greta] Thunberg’s leftist environmentalism. ‘In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science,‘ said Thiel”

Sure, it's catastrophizing, but is it plausible? More so every day, as the titans of AI give the dangers--and us--the finger, so long as they can control it, benefit from it, or at least escape it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

“Data centers blight the landscape, A.I. slop degrades the culture, chatbots help kids cheat in school and sometimes drive people mad, and technology executives prophesy mass joblessness. For this, ordinary people get improved search engines and help writing emails.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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In their own words, the tech bros tell us why are a danger to the rest of us. It's not the technology, it's their willingness to sacrifice everyone else as they stay safe in their own compounds, or on Mars in Musk's case as they experiment with playing god. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

[t]ech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish, but some don’t seem to see it as mission critical. More important is that they reach their posthuman or interplanetary apotheosis. If they must wager our lives to summon their digital god, it’s a chance worth taking.

"Our tech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish, but some don’t seem to see it as mission critical." gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

We are literally living in a version of the movie Don’t Look Up. Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

8/8 Tech oligarchs want humanity to survive, but it isn't mission critical. Summoning their digital god is the ultimate goal. If they must wager our lives to reach their posthuman apotheosis, it's a chance worth taking. Source: Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Same reason oil people knew they were causing climate change. And cigarette people knew they were killing people. And the oxycontin people knew they were creating addicts & death. They wanted the money. So they lied & used their money to delay any effective action until it's too late.

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"Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse" "Thiel’s philosophical assumptions might sound bizarre to outsiders, but they appear to be widely shared among the tech elite. “A.I. and its capabilities represent something analogous to the Second Coming,” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Opinion| Why Tech Oligarchs are willing to risk APOCALYPSE #NERDREICH @gilduran.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

The tech lords make it clear that they are more than willing to burn it all down. 10-20 people are fully capable of--and fully willing to--destroy all life as we know it. Read their own words. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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The arrogance and hubris of this world view are appalling. No less so than Lenin and Hitler. Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... via @NYTOpinion

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Why Tech Oligarchs would risk apocalypse [End times theology meets sci-fi, eg Thiel thinks:] "dynamism must struggle against the evils of stagnation, represented by Thunberg’s leftist environmentalism....'Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science'" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

2/ Down /w the #billionaires #plutocrats #Tax them into oblivion www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... #booksky #books #book #novel #fiction #climatefiction #climate #climatechange #solarpunk #hopepunk #detective #thriller #mystery #uplifting #hopeful #protopia #billionaires

“[AI], some tech titans believe, will allow humans—at least some humans—to escape the bounds of earth and even perhaps the inevitability of death. It represents liberation from hopelessness and decay.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

"But as an explanation for the industry’s oddly blithe attitude toward apocalypse, it’s incomplete, because it doesn’t account for tech leaders’ messianic dreams." 🥀 gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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You may wonder why, knowing their own creation could destroy humanity, they push forward to complete the task. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech investor and Silicon Valley thought leader, said that the young activist Greta Thunberg represented the spirit of the Antichrist In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science said Thiel. #AI #Anthropic

“I think you would prefer the human race to endure, right?” Thiel paused for an uncomfortably long time before finally, after some hemming and hawing, saying “Yes.” His next word, though, was, “but”... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

@michellegoldberg.bsky.social on “Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Uh, because they are power and money mad sociopaths and psychopaths who will never be truly fulfilled in life? Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/end-times-fascists-essay And https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/ai-tech-apocalypse-silicon-valley.html The real villains in my novel "A New Faith" are also these megalomaniacs. https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith […]

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... Yikes - human civilization is in THEIR hands?

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"Our tech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish, but some don’t seem to see it as mission critical. More important is that they reach their posthuman or interplanetary apotheosis."

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Our tech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish,but some don’t seem to see it as mission critical. More important is that they reach their posthuman or interplanetary apotheosis. If they must wager our lives to summon their digital god, it’s a chance worth taking

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Fuck tech oligarchs www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/ai-tech-apocalypse-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.Dlud.WVMlgwiD0kSX&smid=url-share Not everything that is technologically possible should therefore be […]

“The people building A.I. earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” And they're OK with that. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

oligarchs unhinged!

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse By: Michelle Goldberg, NYTs NYTs Gift Article @joeserdynski.bsky.social @bobgourley.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

This gift article offers one insight into the zealotry, but neglects to address their overarching GREED. Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Waarom de tech-elite zonder verpinken de apocalyps riskeert

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

"Data centers blight the landscape, A.I. slop degrades the culture, chatbots help kids cheat in school and sometimes drive people mad, and technology executives prophesy mass joblessness." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Besides resolving UX fails, I hope they (i.e. the service that generates the audio version) can fix rookie errors like ... not getting "A.I." right! Hear Michelle Goldberg's piece from Saturday, for example. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... Used to be amusing, now I just SMH as audio takes over.

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Preach, brother! After 9/11 America ruthlessly tortured, but Obama didn't want to deal with that on his watch - and look where we are now www.theguardian.com/... End-times fascism www.nytimes.com/2026...

'Our tech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish, but some don’t seem to see it as mission critical...If they must wager our lives to summon their digital god, it’s a chance worth taking.' www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... Spend any time with any of these folks who want their thinking to be immortal and you universally come to te conclusion that these are exactly the wrong thinkers to live forever

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Why Rich White Male Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse…insane stuff.

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“Data centers blight the landscape, A.I. slop degrades the culture, chatbots help kids cheat in school and sometimes drive people mad, and technology executives prophesy mass joblessness. For this, ordinary people get improved search engines and help writing emails.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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It’s mind-boggling what’s going on right now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

2/2 "Our tech oligarchs would probably like human civilization on this planet to flourish, but some don’t seem to see it as mission critical. More important is that they reach their posthuman or interplanetary apotheosis." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...