Alex Karp: "People are likely gonna have less good, and less interesting jobs"

DGAP 16 points 4 comments March 12, 2026
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JKCalhoun

So is he saying that AI will essentially knee-cap the middle class to the benefit of the working class… how? I'm not following.

emptybits

The title, as submitted, is pretty low key. The actual headline of the article is "Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power" and this is the lead sentence: "Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."

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