Guill.Jones, Honorary Canadian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GhostOnTheHalfShell</span></a></span> </p><p>One of the best -- of many -- comments on Peter Thiel's short January 10, 2025, editorial for The Financial Times is this one from "The Head Of Alfredo Garcia":<br> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583105#comments-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4</span><span class="invisible">621-ab0b-242a76583105#comments-anchor</span></a></p><p> Resisting the strong urge to exclaim "Ipso facto nutso!", I wonder if Thiel used ChatGPT (or ChatGPT used Thiel).</p><p>While one could criticise the FT for publishing this, it catches the zeitgeist of bold claims for AI, woolly ideas that tech bros call "thinking" and the tech industry-RW political complex (apologies to Eisenhower).</p><p>By publishing this, the FT brings Thiel's views to a wider audience, which can make up its own mind - if they can decipher his op-ed.<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Conspiracist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conspiracist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LibertarianGibberish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibertarianGibberish</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GuillotineJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuillotineJones</span></a></p>