AI, Argentina and the Antichrist: Thiel's Vision Blooms

[orangecrush]

Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, has shed light on billionaire Peter Thiel’s reason for suddenly planting roots in his country.

In a Financial Times op-ed, Milei announced plans to make Argentina the world’s top destination for tech billionaires seeking to escape regulation, legal liability, and taxes. Milei’s op-ed trumpeted new legislation that would do three things:

1. “Keep AI unregulated,” providing a haven for companies wishing to develop the technology without guardrails or government rules.

2. Create a new business category for what Milei called the “non-human corporation.” These would be companies supposedly “operated by AI agents or robots” that could “exercise independent judgment in unpredictable environments.” These non-human companies would receive major protections in the form of limited liability for whatever decisions they might allegedly make on their own, without human intervention.

https://www.thenerdreich.com/ai-argentina-and-the-antichrist-thiels-vision-blooms/


Much more at link.

Recommended reading.

[JCMach1]

1. Been thinking a lot about this song lately

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[orangecrush]

2. Awesome

.

Thanks

[Cheezoholic]

3. Argentina AI Chainsaw Murders, coming soon lol n/t

[orangecrush]

6. Expected

And they have a lot of meat packing plants there.

Soylent orange!

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Include[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong]; /*nt*/

[Baitball Blogger]

5. is there a market for this, when it will never be allowed to expand outside of Argentina?

And if it does becomes a threat to the rest of the world, it can be shut down with one well placed EMP?

Hmm... maybe that's why they want the tunnels.

Seriously, our sci-fi writers have been slacking off. Though, Planet of the Apes came close.

[orangecrush]

7. You nailed it

[MLWR]

8. As far as I'm concerned, they can also have TACO's pet muskrat.

[orangecrush]

10. We can dream

[patphil]

9. A lot of money changing hands there.

I expect the president of Argentina will be a billionaire soon, if he isn't already.
At some point this whole AI thing will get very toxic, and the rest of the world will blame Argentina. It could get very dicey down there.
But by then Melei and all the others will have moved on to a different place that claims to be a safe haven for corrupt billionaires.

[orangecrush]

11. I can see that scenario

[highplainsdem]

12. K&R! It's good to see Gil posting about this. My OP on it a couple of days ago:

Argentina's Milei offers AI companies low taxes, no regulation, even AI-run corporations with limited liability
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221281697

[orangecrush]

15. Thanks

[3825-87867]

13. Golly Gee Beav,

I seem to remember our flatulent leader gave Argentina a few billion a little while ago. Got me wondering aout that. And I'm also wondering how many who work and worked for Porkumata have somehow"invested" in anything Argentina.
Just a thought. and maybe that's where all the doge cash went.
BTW, someone needs to check up on our gold down there in Kentucky.

[orangecrush]

14. You have connected the dots

Congratulations!

[Radical Lutheran]

16. Collosus the Forbin Project

I seem to remember a Movie in the 1970s, that predicted AI.

It was call Collosus the Forbin Project. Scary and it did not have a happy ending for anyone.

It is a good watch and errie similarity to our own times.

[vapor2]

20. Saw that movie years ago. Fear of the unknown here

[calimary]

17. Oh Dear God.... Makes me glad I'm on the old side.

Hopefully I’ll be dead before the results of all this start hitting home.

[orangecrush]

18. Same

[harumph]

19. One thing not mentioned - what do the Argentinian's think about this?

I'm not sure they'll go along. Javier Milei's popularity has seen fluctuations, with his approval rating dropping to 35.5 percent in April 2026, largely due to economic challenges and corruption scandals within his administration. So maybe the billionaire's will all go down there.

[orangecrush]

21. True

He has a strong opposition there, from what I understand.