AI pause debate
Subject in Technology
AI pause debate has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Builders. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Faiz SiddiquiWashington Post technology reporter and author of Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk
Siddiqui likened Thiel's China-driven case against an AI pause to nuclear arms race rhetoric.
“Just as a casual observer, it just feels like like nuclear arms race rhetoric”
The Builders: After The Builders: On Musk and Thiel (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 50:22
Max ChafkinBloomberg Businessweek columnist and author of The Contrarian, a biography of Peter Thiel
Chafkin argued Thiel's pro-acceleration stance aligns with his portfolio, but that AI companies calling for a pause may also benefit financially.
“Like some of these AI companies, I think, also stand to benefit financially from some of the warnings that they are issuing”
The Builders: After The Builders: On Musk and Thiel (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 50:10
Peter ThielInvestor and author of Zero to One
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
Podcasts
- The Builders · 1 episode
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.