Peter Thiel to everyone blaming China for anti-AI backlash in America: Stop doing this

Peter Thiel has pushed back against claims that China is behind growing anti-AI sentiment in the US, saying Americans should look at their own actions instead. In an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on the “MD Meets” podcast recently, the PayPal co-founder said he is “inclined to believe” China could be fueling some anti-AI content, but does not see it as the main reason for the change in public sentiment. “This is mainly what we’re doing to ourselves,” Thiel said. “It’s often somewhat too easy to simply blame it on China.”Peter Thiel says US is largely responsible for AI backlashPeter Thiel's comments come as some US technology executives have blamed China, America's main AI rival, for growing criticism of the technology.