Alex Karp is right. There is a deep nihilism among European elites to an extent European citizens would find shocking.
The shopkeeper, the farmer, and the car mechanic think there will be an England or a Poland in 2100; the university professor, journalist, and prime minister does not.
Beauty is objective, ugliness is a moral failure, if ugliness does not make you sick you have no soul. There is no moral good without physical good, beauty is moral, ugliness is immoral. Beautiful people are virtuous because they are beautiful like works of art. Ugliness is evil.
The best attitude towards AI is treating it like a dumbass to bounce ideas off, which nevertheless helps you think of the correct answer. Much like how House treats his team
Napoleon wanted to be Caesar.
Caesar wanted to be Alexander.
Alexander wanted to be Achilles.
To subvert Achilles is to subvert the entire canon of Great Men, which is exactly why they do this.