What Peter Thiel has said about AI existential risk
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on AI existential risk 2 times in 1 episode of The Builders, most recently on October 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Thiel states he opposes pausing AI development and wants maximum acceleration.
“I'm still not in the pause button camp. And I'm saying this on your show that I'm not in the pause button”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 18:06
Thiel rejects a 5 to 10 percent probability of AI killing everyone as far too high.
“yes, 5% to 10% sounds way too high for everybody on this planet getting killed. Don't think that's going to happen”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 26:23
Episodes
Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AIThe Builders · Oct 22, 2026 · 58 min
Walter Isaacson interviews Peter Thiel on the AI backlash, existential risk, his Antichrist lectures, founder-led companies, René Girard, and why he prefers evil to incompetence.
Others on AI existential risk
- Jeffrey Ladish · 5 quotes
- Connor Leahy · 4 quotes
- Joe Rogan · 3 quotes
- David Robinson · 2 quotes
- Bernie Sanders · 2 quotes
- Bob Lazar · 2 quotes
- Dave Blundin · 2 quotes
- Emad Mostaque · 2 quotes
Peter Thiel on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 5 quotes
- Founder-led companies · 2 quotes
- Antichrist · 2 quotes
- Regulation of artificial intelligence · 2 quotes
- Consciousness · 1 quote
- Faust · 1 quote
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies · 1 quote
- Anthropic · 1 quote