This is probably the clearest statement from him on the issue:
http://betaboston.com/news/2014/12/10/audio-peter-thiel-visits-boston-university-to-talk-entrepreneurship-and-backing-zuck/
25:30 mins in
TL;DR: he thinks its an issue but also feels AGI is very distant and hence less worried about it than Musk.
I recommend the rest of the lecture as well, it’s a good summary of “Zero to One” and a good QA afterwards.
What Peter Thiel thinks about AI risk
This is probably the clearest statement from him on the issue:
http://betaboston.com/news/2014/12/10/audio-peter-thiel-visits-boston-university-to-talk-entrepreneurship-and-backing-zuck/
25:30 mins in
TL;DR: he thinks its an issue but also feels AGI is very distant and hence less worried about it than Musk.
I recommend the rest of the lecture as well, it’s a good summary of “Zero to One” and a good QA afterwards.