Jiang ties Thiel's framework to Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman, arguing that Altman's line about founders pursuing something closer to religion is effectively inherited from Thiel.
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Sam Altman
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Key Notes
Jiang extends the same continuity model to Sam Altman and Elizabeth Holmes, arguing that both appear to receive inexplicably smooth advancement, institutional sponsorship, and elite backing disproportionate to their obvious track record.
Jiang argues that contemporary transhumanism expresses this same Frankist end-times logic, using Elon Musk, Sam Altman, AI, Neuralink, and space projects as examples of a drive toward engineered immortality and total material enjoyment.
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"Okay, all right. Okay. Doesn't make sense, okay? He's saying it literally now. Start a religion or start a mafia. It doesn't matter, okay?..."
"...one example is Mark Zuckerberg then you look at someone like Sam Altman again someone who comes out of nowhere and his ascent is..."
"...and so those are the three names I would mention Zuckerberg Sam Altman and uh Elizabeth Holmes then you go into politics and you..."
"prove it okay but like you have to eat but there's a lot of things that you have to do to get to the..."
"...yourself why Elon Musk is doing what he's doing why is Sam Altman doing what what he's doing right what is the grand purpose..."
"...that make sense? That's the first thing. Second thing is this. Sam Altman is trying to get more people to use ChatGPT, and what..."
"...the White House, he has a meeting with Larry Ellison and Sam Altman, and he says that, we're going to spend about $500 billion..."
"...now in America by the tech bros, people like Larry Ellison, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk. And the idea, of course, is to..."
"...Elon Musk, and Bill Gates are not geniuses, but front people. Sam Altman didn't invent ChatGPT or LLMs. Steve Jobs didn't invent the iPhone...."
"...not only that, but, you know, you have the rumors that Sam Altman is trying to use open AI to resurrect a submarine demon...."
"...do you make of that? Is it essential for, you know, Sam Altman's goal to actually be accomplished? Do you think that something like..."
"...People shift to AI. And that's what, you know? Oh, obviously. Sam Altman and his investors want, but a real solution is for us..."
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