What Peter Thiel has said about Regulation of artificial intelligence
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on Regulation of artificial intelligence 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 suggests AI companies may ask for regulation knowing government cannot regulate effectively or quickly.
“Perhaps they know the government doesn't know how to do it and that it will be slow”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 27:37
Thiel recounts telling Mark Zuckerberg that Congress wanted to berate him rather than regulate Meta.
“And I told him, you know, they don't want to regulate you. They want to yell at you”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 27:03
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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