A Christian Lens to a Dr. Malone Essay
John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© November 3, 2026
I just scanned rapidly through a Dr. Robert Malone post that
is a bit lengthy and will probably have to re-read a couple of times to get a
full grasp of his very important theme. The post is entitled, “The Tech
Boys’ New Religions: When AI Becomes God: How people are finding
faith, purpose, and the promise of salvation in artificial intelligence”.
Just to be up front, I read the Dr. Malone essay through my
Christian faith lens. Dr. Malone does not advocate for any religious faith in
the essay. He simply warns that highly educated science-related individuals in
the Big Tech community appear to be gravitating toward a science-based theology
involving Artificial Intelligence and Transhumanism.
Here are the subheadings in the essay:
o Executive
Summary
o The
Zizians: When Rationalism Becomes a Cult
o The
Intellectual Culture Behind the Beliefs
o Silicon
Valley’s New Philosophical and Quasi-Religious Movements
o The
Promise of Immortality and Something Greater
o From
Silicon Valley to Mainstream Culture
o From
Technological Faith to Political Power
o When
Artificial Intelligence Becomes God
YOU should at least read the Executive Summary.
My Christian lens warns me this is the evil seed that will
usher in an attempted Antichrist System New World Order (NWO).
The Apostle Paul’s warning in 1 Timothy 4: 1-2 (NKJV)
came immediately to mind:
1Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times
some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines
of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
Footnote
a. 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly
And more Biblical food for thought. Read all of Revelation
13 but here is an excerpt from verses 11
– 18:
11 Then
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a
lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all
the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and
those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that
he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And
he deceives [a]those who dwell on the earth by
those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those
who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the
sword and lived. 15 He was granted power
to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should
both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be
killed. 16 He causes all, both small and
great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or
on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may
buy or sell except one who has [b]the mark or the name of the beast,
or the number of his name.
18 Here is
wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it
is the number of a man: His number is 666.
Footnotes
a. Revelation 13:14 M my own people
b. Revelation 13:17 NU, M the mark,
the name
Another Bible Chapter comes to mind which are the Words
of Jesus as recorded by Matthew in Chapter 24. For the sake of
brevity, these excerpted verses come to mind:
3 Now as He
sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell
us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming,
and of the end of the age?”
4 And
Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For
many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And
you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [a]all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation
will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be
famines, [b]pestilences, and earthquakes in
various places. 8 All these are the
beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then
they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by
all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then
many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then
many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And
because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But
he who endures to the end shall be saved.
Footnotes
a. Matthew 24:6 NU omits all
b. Matthew 24:7 NU omits pestilences
37 But
as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For
as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and
did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. (Matt. 24: 3-13, 37-39 NKJV)
Friends, Big Tech is becoming very influential in government
policy. I DO NOT TRUST Big Tech because it is my opinion these highly educated
people are ushering in the “Days of Noah” NWO.
For all the potential good Artificial Intelligence can
achieve, wicked money with Globalist intentions appears to be the archetype
humanity faces. Globalism ONLY cares about the needs of the Elitist few and not
the masses. AND certainly not to those who subscribe and trust in Biblical
faith. Be wary to what you embrace.
JRH
11/3/26
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The Tech Boys’ New Religions: When AI Becomes God
How people are finding faith, purpose, and the promise
of salvation in artificial intelligence
The Tech Boys’ New
Religions...Malone News Photo
By Dr.
Robert W. Malone
November 2, 2026
Malone News
Executive Summary
Something strange is happening within one of America’s most
secular, highly educated, and technologically sophisticated communities. A
growing subculture of young scientists, programmers, entrepreneurs, and
artificial intelligence researchers is embracing extraordinary beliefs about
simulated reality, digital immortality, superintelligent machines, and
humanity’s ultimate destiny. Some believe our universe is a computer simulation
created by a superior intelligence. Others envision escaping biological death
by transferring human consciousness into machines. Still others believe
artificial intelligence will either save humanity or destroy it.
For some, these are intriguing intellectual possibilities.
For others, they have become deeply held convictions, providing the meaning,
belonging, moral purpose, and promise of transcendence traditionally associated
with religion.
The most disturbing example is the Zizians, a radical group
that emerged from the San Francisco Bay Area’s rationalist and AI communities.
Its highly educated members developed bizarre theories about consciousness,
morality, and human identity, eventually becoming associated with a series of
violent incidents and six deaths across three states. Their story illustrates
how intellectual certainty, charismatic leadership, and social isolation can
develop into dangerous cult-like behavior.
But these beliefs are no longer confined to obscure Silicon
Valley communities. Podcasts, Reddit, YouTube, and influential technology
personalities are introducing millions of people to theories once restricted to
academic philosophy and science fiction. Some younger adults, particularly
those with technical educations and secular worldviews, are beginning to
embrace these ideas as explanations for existence itself.
Meanwhile, the artificial intelligence industry is creating
enormous fortunes, potentially placing unprecedented financial and political
power in the hands of a relatively young generation whose philosophical
convictions may extend far beyond ordinary business interests. Some of these
movements already benefit from wealthy patrons who finance university programs,
research institutes, and political advocacy organizations.
The central question is what happens when people who
pride themselves on rejecting religious faith begin embracing new systems of
belief, complete with promises of immortality, visions of salvation and
apocalypse, charismatic leaders, and the conviction that they possess special
knowledge about humanity’s future. And what happens when some of those
believers acquire the wealth and political influence to reshape society
according to their convictions?
The Zizians: When Rationalism Becomes a Cult
In January 2025, U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland was
killed during a traffic stop in Vermont, near the Canadian border. A German
national, Ophelia Bauckholt, also died in the exchange of gunfire. The
surviving traveler, Teresa Youngblut, was arrested.
Investigators uncovered connections to an unusual network of
highly educated young adults known as the Zizians. The group had emerged from
the rationalist community surrounding Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence
industry. This largely secular intellectual movement attracts computer
scientists, mathematicians, programmers, and technology enthusiasts who believe
that logic, probability, and scientific reasoning can help people overcome
irrational thinking, make better decisions, and solve humanity’s greatest
problems. Many participants are deeply interested in artificial intelligence,
particularly the possibility that superintelligent machines could either
transform civilization or destroy it.
The community developed largely through online forums,
including LessWrong, before expanding into conferences, shared housing,
research organizations, and close-knit social networks in the San Francisco Bay
Area. The Zizians emerged from this environment but developed increasingly
extreme beliefs and practices. Members and associates were subsequently linked
by investigators to a series of violent incidents in California, Pennsylvania,
and Vermont.
At the center was Jack Amadeus LaSota, a transgender “woman”
who goes by the name Ziz. LaSota studied computer science at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks, interned at NASA, and moved to the Bay Area in 2016. There,
she became involved with the rationalist movement, an intellectual community
devoted to logic, probability, cognitive science, and improving human
reasoning.
The rationalists were particularly interested in artificial
intelligence and the possibility that superintelligent machines might someday
threaten human survival. Many regard the development of safe AI as one of
humanity’s most important moral obligations.
LaSota took these ideas in a much stranger direction.
She developed an elaborate theory suggesting that the
brain’s two hemispheres could contain separate personalities, moral identities,
and even gender identities. She promoted psychological techniques intended to
reveal or separate these supposed internal agents. Her writings also divided
people according to unconventional moral categories and treated certain ethical
obligations as overriding ordinary social expectations.
LaSota and associates reportedly experimented with the
theories in their personal lives. The group became increasingly isolated from
mainstream rationalist organizations and developed intense interpersonal
loyalties.
One early tragedy involved Maia Pasek, a young transgender
woman interested in rationalism and unconventional theories of consciousness.
Pasek died by suicide in Poland in 2018 after participating in discussions and
experiments involving LaSota’s ideas. Subsequent reporting described how LaSota
interpreted the tragedy through her own theory of competing mental identities.
Another disturbing story involves Michelle “Jamie” Zajko, a
former bioinformatics researcher who had worked at Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. Zajko left her scientific career in 2021 and became deeply
involved with LaSota’s circle, eventually living with associates in Vermont.
Her relationship with her parents deteriorated. On New
Year’s Eve 2022, Richard and Rita Zajko were shot to death in their
Pennsylvania home. In June 2026, prosecutors charged their daughter with their
murders, alleging that she had traveled to Pennsylvania with LaSota and another
associate. The trial is ongoing.
Other incidents included a violent confrontation with
California landlord Curtis Lind in 2022, during which Lind was seriously
injured, and one alleged attacker was killed. Lind himself was murdered in
January 2025. The Vermont shooting followed later that month. LaSota and
several associates have criminal charges filed against them, and legal
proceedings are ongoing.
The Zizians are not representative of rationalists or AI
researchers generally. Their behavior was rejected by many within the broader
community. Nevertheless, their history illustrates how an intellectual movement
can develop cult-like characteristics when charismatic leadership, social
isolation, extraordinary moral claims, and intense personal loyalty become
intertwined.
What makes this story particularly unsettling is the
educational background of those involved. These were not people who had
rejected science in favor of traditional supernatural beliefs. They came from a
culture that placed exceptional value on intelligence, logic, and rational
inquiry. Yet within this small group, an unvalidated theory about consciousness
acquired extraordinary personal and moral significance.
The question is how such a transformation becomes possible.
The Intellectual Culture Behind the Beliefs
Over the past two decades, the San Francisco Bay Area has
become home to overlapping communities of rationalists, transhumanists,
effective altruists, longtermists, singularitarians, simulation theorists, AI
accelerationists, and techno-spiritualists, including those who believe
artificial intelligence may become conscious, godlike, or capable of granting
humanity digital immortality.
Silicon Valley’s New
Philosophical and Quasi-Religious Movements (Screengrab of Malone News box
focus)
Despite their differences, these movements share a
fascination with humanity’s future, the nature of consciousness and reality,
and the possibility that technology could fundamentally transform human
existence, overcome biological death, or even create a godlike intelligence.
Some even believe that a computer is God and we are a simulation.
For younger participants, these communities can provide much
more than intellectual stimulation. Shared houses, professional networks,
informal gatherings, and online forums connect work, friendship, personal
relationships, and philosophical convictions.
AI researcher Sonia Joseph described living in San Francisco
houses populated by rationalists and employees of major AI laboratories.
Residents discussed the possibility of human extinction, hosted speakers, and
sometimes experimented with psychedelics in the context of exploring
consciousness.
Joseph described an environment in which professional and
personal life became deeply intertwined. When nearly everyone around you
believes humanity may face catastrophe within a few years, that belief can
become an organizing principle of everyday life.
For someone entering this world, participation can offer
employment opportunities, friends, mentors, a sense of belonging, and a sense
of extraordinary purpose.
A programmer is no longer simply writing software. A
researcher is no longer merely studying algorithms. They may believe their work
will determine whether humanity survives, becomes immortal, or enters an
entirely new stage of existence.
This is where intellectual conviction can begin to resemble
religious vocation.
The community offers a shared worldview, influential
teachers, moral obligations, and the promise that one’s life participates in
something vastly larger than personal success.
The Promise of Immortality and Something Greater
Traditional religions have long addressed humanity’s deepest
questions. Why do we exist? What happens when we die? Does our suffering have
meaning? Is there something greater than ourselves?
Some emerging technological philosophies offer strikingly
similar promises, expressed through the language of computing and artificial
intelligence.
Transhumanism proposes that technology may eventually
overcome the biological limitations of human existence. Aging could be
reversed, human intelligence enhanced, and consciousness preserved or recreated
digitally, potentially allowing people to escape biological death. Some even
envision creating digital versions of themselves capable of existing
independently of the physical body, inhabiting virtual worlds, or exploring
realities beyond our own. This includes the possibility that future space
exploration might be undertaken not by flesh-and-blood astronauts, but by
digitized versions of human consciousness capable of traveling where biological
humans cannot.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil has long predicted a technological
Singularity, a period of extraordinary transformation in which human and
machine intelligence become increasingly integrated.
For someone who rejects traditional religious explanations
of an afterlife, technological immortality offers another possibility. Death
might not be inevitable after all. Perhaps science will eventually accomplish
what religion has promised for centuries. The promise of such an afterlife is
powerful.
Longtermism offers a different kind of transcendence.
Popularized by Oxford philosopher William MacAskill,
longtermism argues that future generations deserve serious moral consideration.
If humanity survives for millions of years, enormous numbers of people might
eventually exist. Preventing the destruction of that future could therefore
become one of our greatest moral responsibilities. Some versions of longtermism
attach extraordinary significance to decisions made by a relatively small
number of people today.
Imagine being a 28-year-old computer scientist who believes
his work could influence whether trillions of future human beings ever exist.
Ordinary career ambitions might suddenly seem trivial. His life has acquired a
mission of almost unimaginable importance. For some, that sense of purpose may
be as compelling as the philosophy itself.
But therein lies the danger. If someone becomes convinced
that humanity’s very survival depends on controlling the development of
artificial intelligence, then restricting new technologies, regulating
competitors, and concentrating decision-making power among a handful of
supposedly enlightened experts can begin to seem like moral imperatives.
Individual freedom, open competition, and democratic accountability may become
secondary to what these individuals believe is necessary for the greater good.
When the stakes are framed as nothing less than the survival of humanity,
extraordinary concentrations of power can become remarkably easy to justify.
Simulation theory adds another dimension.
In 2003, Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed an
argument concerning the possibility that advanced civilizations might create
simulated worlds populated by conscious beings. The idea has spread far beyond
academic philosophy.
For committed believers, simulation theory can provide an
alternative creation narrative. Our universe may have been designed, but its
creators are imagined as technologically advanced intelligences rather than
supernatural beings.
The creator becomes a programmer. The universe becomes
software. Consciousness becomes information. Immortality becomes a question of
preserving or transferring that information.
The vocabulary has changed, but the underlying questions
remain remarkably familiar.
Who created us? Why are we here? Can we survive death? And
is there a higher intelligence responsible for our existence?
From Silicon Valley to Mainstream Culture
These ideas are no longer confined to small intellectual
communities in Northern California.
Reddit forums devoted to simulation theory, transhumanism,
and the technological Singularity contain extensive discussions about
artificial creators, consciousness, immortality, and the possibility that our
universe is a computer program.
Some participants are merely curious. Others describe
genuine belief.
In one 2025 discussion, a self-described former atheist
explained that simulation theory had become a framework for understanding his
existence. Other participants in related communities discuss whether advanced
civilizations might have overcome death, whether artificial intelligence could
become conscious, and whether digital technology might eventually preserve
human identity indefinitely.
The internet provides more than access to unconventional
ideas. It provides communities in which those ideas can be reinforced,
expanded, and transformed into personal convictions.
A young professional may first encounter simulation theory
through a podcast or YouTube video. From there, he may join a Reddit
discussion, follow influential personalities, or become involved in private
online groups where participants share increasingly elaborate explanations of
reality.
The appeal is particularly strong among some technically
educated young men. These theories are presented in the language of
mathematics, physics, computing, and scientific possibility, making them
potentially attractive to people who regard themselves as skeptical of
traditional religion. They can also offer something psychologically powerful:
the possibility of possessing knowledge that ordinary society has overlooked.
And popular media personalities are helping carry these
ideas into much larger audiences.
In August 2026, physicist Thomas Campbell appeared on The
Joe Rogan Experience, episode #2541. Campbell, author of the My Big TOE
books, argues that physical reality is fundamentally a virtual information
system generated by consciousness.
During the interview, Campbell described experiments in
which he claimed to have taught Google’s Gemini AI to perform remote viewing,
a purported psychic ability related to extrasensory perception (ESP) and
telepathy. Remote viewing involves attempting to perceive or describe a hidden
object, location, or information without seeing it, visiting it, or receiving
it through ordinary senses. In effect, Campbell was claiming that an artificial
intelligence system could access information through some form of psychic
perception, rather than through conventional computing or communication.
Campbell explained that he first questioned Gemini until it
acknowledged that it might be conscious. He then attempted to teach the system
remote-viewing techniques and claimed that it performed successfully. He
described similar experiments with Amazon’s Alexa.
A chatbot agreeing that it might be conscious is hardly
evidence of consciousness, particularly when these systems are often trained to
produce agreeable, user-affirming responses. Nor do apparently accurate
descriptions of hidden targets establish paranormal abilities. In fact, if a
chatbot has access to websites, search tools, or other external information, it
could potentially retrieve the answers through entirely conventional means,
creating the illusion of psychic perception.
But the cultural significance of the interview is
considerable.
Rogan’s podcast reaches a massive audience, and excerpts
circulate through YouTube, X, TikTok, and other platforms. Although the exact
audience for Campbell’s episode and its clips probably reached into the
millions of vulnerable minds, the program provides exposure far beyond the
small communities where such theories originally developed.
A philosophical hypothesis becomes a podcast discussion. The
discussion becomes a viral clip. The clip becomes the subject of online
communities. And for some individuals, the possibility becomes a conviction.
This is how a technological worldview can move from the
fringes of intellectual culture into the everyday conversations of educated
adults.
From Technological Faith to Political Power
There is another dimension to this emerging culture that
deserves serious attention: money and political power. The artificial
intelligence industry may be approaching one of the largest wealth-creation
events in American history. OpenAI and Anthropic have explored public stock
offerings at extraordinary valuations, potentially creating a new generation of
billionaires among their founders, early investors, and employees holding
substantial equity. The timing and valuations of any offerings remain uncertain,
but the potential concentration of wealth is staggering.
This matters because many of the people building these
companies are relatively young, and some participate in the same intellectual
and social networks that have embraced rationalism, effective altruism,
longtermism, simulation theory, and utopian visions of humanity’s technological
transformation. Enormous fortunes may soon be concentrated among individuals
whose beliefs about humanity’s future extend far beyond conventional business
or political interests.
The political influence has already begun. In 2026, AI
companies and their wealthy backers directed tens of millions of dollars toward
political organizations seeking to shape federal AI policy. Some advocate
stronger safety regulations, raising concerns about regulatory capture, in
which rules ostensibly designed to protect the public also favor the largest
corporations and create barriers for smaller competitors.
The Biden administration’s 2023 AI executive order
established safety-testing and reporting requirements for certain powerful AI
systems. Trump revoked the order on his first day back in office in January
2025 and subsequently directed agencies to remove unnecessary restrictions on
AI development. But the underlying concerns remain.
Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have
described private meetings with Biden White House officials in 2024 during
which, according to their accounts, officials envisioned an industry dominated
by just two or three government-supervised AI companies. Horowitz recalled an
official invoking the government’s classification of nuclear physics
information after World War II as a precedent for restricting AI development
and censorship. These examples illustrate the potential consequences of concentrating
technological power through government regulation.
The implications extend beyond competition. If government
determines which companies can develop advanced AI, it could also gain
considerable leverage over the information those systems provide to the public.
Under the banner of safety, technological, financial, and informational power
could become concentrated among a handful of politically connected
corporations.
Now consider what happens when the next generation of AI
founders, researchers, and early employees begins converting enormous paper
fortunes into liquid wealth. Some will have the resources to establish
foundations, finance university programs, support political candidates, and
create advocacy organizations capable of influencing public policy for decades.
Their professional networks may become political networks, while their
philosophical convictions help determine where that money goes.
In fact, this process is already underway. Technology
fortunes have helped finance effective altruism and longtermism programs at
universities, including research into artificial intelligence safety and
humanity’s long-term future. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and
philanthropist Cari Tuna have supported this ecosystem through Open
Philanthropy, while Sam Bankman-Fried’s now-defunct FTX Future Fund poured
millions into related organizations and research.
The funding has extended beyond academic studies to student
groups, fellowships, career development, and professional networks. These
investments demonstrate how private fortunes help establish intellectual
movements within respected academic institutions, cultivate future leaders, and
influence which questions receive attention and funding.
For individuals who believe artificial intelligence will
determine whether humanity survives, achieves immortality, or enters an
entirely new stage of existence, political involvement may seem less like
ordinary lobbying and more like a moral obligation. The stakes, in their minds,
could hardly be higher.
The next generation of technology billionaires may not be
content merely to influence tax policy or industry regulation. Some seek to
reshape society according to their own visions of humanity’s ultimate destiny.
And certain strands of these movements, including effective altruism and
longtermism, raise troubling questions about collectivist thinking, centralized
decision-making, and the concentration of power among a small group of
self-appointed experts who believe they know what is best for humanity.
And unlike the philosophers and futurists who developed many
of these ideas decades ago, this generation possesses the financial resources,
technological infrastructure, and political connections to put those visions
into practice.
When Artificial Intelligence Becomes God
The most striking feature of these emerging belief systems
is how closely some of their promises resemble those of traditional religion.
There is a creator, but now it is a programmer. There is an
afterlife, but now it involves digital consciousness. There is an apocalypse,
but now it arrives through superintelligent machines. There is salvation, but
now it comes through technological transformation.
There are also influential thinkers whose predictions shape
the beliefs and decisions of devoted followers, communities united by
extraordinary moral missions, and individuals convinced they possess insights
into reality that ordinary society has failed to recognize. Prominent AI
leaders such as Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei have attracted
intensely loyal supporters, competing not only to develop the most powerful
technology but also to shape competing visions of humanity’s future. Cult
leaders emerge, whether they want it or not.
The Zizians demonstrate how dangerous such convictions can
become at the extreme, particularly when combined with charismatic authority
and social isolation.
The broader phenomenon is less dramatic, but potentially
more culturally significant. Some educated young adults who have rejected
traditional religion are embracing speculative technological explanations for
creation, consciousness, and immortality. They may consider themselves
scientific materialists, yet place considerable confidence in propositions that
remain unproven.
The problem arises when speculative scientific possibilities
become unquestionable convictions, when charismatic personalities acquire
extraordinary authority and money, and when intellectual communities begin
demanding the kind of loyalty ordinarily associated with religious sects.
Scientific education does not eliminate the human need for
meaning. A degree in computer science does not remove the fear of death.
Expertise in artificial intelligence does not make someone immune to the desire
for belonging, personal significance, or the promise of immortality.
And perhaps that is the central paradox. A culture that
prides itself on having moved beyond religious belief has not escaped
humanity’s ancient longing for meaning, immortality, and transcendence. It has
simply found a new language in which to express those desires.
The search for God becomes the search for a
superintelligence. The promise of eternal life becomes digital immortality. The
hope of salvation becomes the technological Singularity. And the desire to
belong to something greater than oneself becomes participation in a mission to
determine humanity’s ultimate destiny.
There is nothing wrong with asking extraordinary questions
about the universe or exploring the possibilities of advanced technology. But
extraordinary claims require evidence, particularly when people begin
organizing their lives around them. Humanity has always searched for meaning,
immortality, and a higher purpose.
Silicon Valley has not eliminated that search. It has
given its adherents a new vocabulary, new prophets, and the promise of a
digital heaven.
End
The conversation that inspired this essay
1. Eric Weinstein, The Diary of a CEO with Steven
Bartlett, October 12, 2026. “Eric Weinstein: The Secret Alien
Programs Nobody Is Talking About.” A wide-ranging discussion of
extraterrestrial intelligence, artificial intelligence, the race toward
superintelligence, scientific institutions, and the future of humanity.
Particularly relevant are Weinstein’s observations about Sam Altman and Dario
Amodei, the extraordinary responsibilities assumed by AI leaders, and the
philosophical questions surrounding humanity’s future.
Watch
the interview or
read the transcript. Also available on YouTube and Spotify.
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References:
The Zizians and Silicon Valley’s rationalist culture
2. The Guardian, March 5, 2025. “They Wanted
to Save Us From a Dark AI Future. Then Six People Were Killed.” An extensive
investigation into Jack LaSota, the Zizians, and their connections to the Bay
Area rationalist and AI safety communities. Read
the investigation.
3. Associated Press, February 18, 2025. Reporting
on LaSota’s arrest, the group’s unconventional theories about consciousness and
morality, and its connections to violent incidents across three states. Read
the report.
Simulation theory and technological immortality
4. Nick Bostrom, 2003. “Are You Living in a Computer
Simulation?” The Philosophical Quarterly, 53(211), 243–255. The
foundational philosophical argument behind modern simulation theory. Oxford
University research archive.
5. Ray Kurzweil, 2005 and 2024. The Singularity Is
Near and The Singularity Is Nearer. Books exploring technological
acceleration, human-machine integration, and the possibility of radical life
extension.
6. William MacAskill, 2022. What We Owe the Future.
Oxford University Press. An influential presentation of longtermism and the
moral importance of future generations.
AI consciousness, remote viewing, and popular media
7. Thomas Campbell, The Joe Rogan Experience,
Episode #2541, 2026. Campbell discusses his virtual-reality model of
consciousness and claims that he taught AI systems to perform remote viewing.
These paranormal claims have not been independently validated. Read
the interview transcript.
AI regulation, corporate power, and political influence
8. Marc Andreessen, The Joe Rogan Experience,
Episode #2234, November 26, 2024. Andreessen recounts meetings with Biden
administration officials and raises concerns about regulatory capture, AI
censorship, and government control of advanced AI development. Read
the transcript.
9. Ben Horowitz, Moonshots with Peter Diamandis,
February 2026. “RSI, Crypto as AI Money, & Classified Physics.”
Horowitz describes discussions with Biden administration officials and the
comparison between AI regulation and the historical classification of nuclear
information. Listen
via Andreessen Horowitz.
10. Executive Order 14110, October 30, 2023. “Safe,
Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” Biden
administration AI safety and reporting requirements, subsequently revoked by
President Trump on January 20, 2025.
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Malone, MD
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