What Peter Thiel has said about AI pause debate
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, 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
Thiel said he opposes pausing AI development and that the U.S. must stay ahead of China.
“Well, 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: After The Builders: On Musk and Thiel (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 48:07
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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