What Peter Thiel has said about China–United States AI rivalry
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on China–United States AI rivalry once 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 says China is trying out a form of high-tech totalitarianism that should not become the winning model.
“I think there is a certain type of high-tech totalitarianism that's being tried out in China”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 16:57
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.
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- Consciousness · 1 quote
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