{"slug": "peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai", "title": "Peter Thiel Attacks the Pope as Godless Non-white for Being Critical of AI", "summary": "Billionaire Peter Thiel attacked Pope Francis as a 'Chinese Communist agent' and 'godless non-white' for criticizing artificial intelligence, echoing apartheid-era rhetoric used to delegitimize Black South Africans. Thiel, who was raised in South Africa, has previously speculated that AI critics serve the Antichrist.", "body_md": "No, this is [not The Onion](https://www.commondreams.org/news/peter-thiel-pope-ai).\n\nPope Serving as ‘Chinese Communist Agent’ by Criticizing AI, Says Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel\n\nThe self-proclaimed ACTS 17 preacher in the past has also speculated that AI critics are doing the bidding of the Antichrist.\n\nThiel appears to be calling critics of AI and data centers a threat to America. Even the Pope isn’t safe from Thiel.\n\nNotably, white South Africans during apartheid would call Blacks agents of Communist China or Russia to get American support in murdering them for being Godless non-whites. And the “agent” part was used specifically to delegitimize Blacks, as a claim they weren’t able to think independently.\n\nSo, it’s not entirely surprising to see a South African-raised Thiel saying and doing what his father told him to say and do.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.flyingpenguin.com/peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai/", "published_at": "2026-07-04 07:28:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-04 07:36:17.914187+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Peter Thiel", "Pope Francis", "Chinese Communist Party", "South Africa", "Antichrist", "The Onion", "Common Dreams"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/peter-thiel-attacks-the-pope-as-godless-non-white-for-being-critical-of-ai.jsonld"}}