What Max Chafkin has said about AI pause debate
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026
Max Chafkin, Bloomberg Businessweek columnist and author of The Contrarian, a biography of Peter Thiel, has been quoted on AI pause debate once in 1 episode of The Builders, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Chafkin argued Thiel's pro-acceleration stance aligns with his portfolio, but that AI companies calling for a pause may also benefit financially.
“Like some of these AI companies, I think, also stand to benefit financially from some of the warnings that they are issuing”
The Builders: After The Builders: On Musk and Thiel (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 50:10
Episodes
After The Builders: On Musk and ThielThe Builders · Oct 23, 2026 · 50 min
TechStuff's Oz Woloshyn and Mangesh Hattikudur join journalists Max Chafkin and Faiz Siddiqui to dissect The Builders' interviews with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel.
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