What Peter Thiel has said about Consciousness
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on Consciousness 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 he does not believe AI is or will ever be conscious.
“vaguely Cartesian in that I don't think AI is conscious or ever will be”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:01
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 Consciousness
- Joe Mittiga · 3 quotes
- Steve Farrell · 2 quotes
- Jaime · 2 quotes
- Carlo Rovelli · 2 quotes
- Sean Webb · 1 quote
- Martine Rothblatt · 1 quote
- Steve · 1 quote
- Rupert Spira · 1 quote
Peter Thiel on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 5 quotes
- Founder-led companies · 2 quotes
- Antichrist · 2 quotes
- Regulation of artificial intelligence · 2 quotes
- AI existential risk · 2 quotes
- Faust · 1 quote
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies · 1 quote
- Anthropic · 1 quote