@foxnews: Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale connected Silicon Valley’s warnings of an AI apocalypse to something deeper, arguing that parts of the effective altruism movement had turned fears about artificial intelligence into a substitute for religion. "This is their Messiah and this is their end of the world and this is their obsession," Lonsdale said. His comments came amid a broader debate over AI "doomer" warnings, including claims from some researchers and advocates that sufficiently advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity.