Palantir CEO Says AI Apocalypse Hype Is Mostly About Dodging Liability
On Thursday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp appeared on CNBC, where he gave a characteristically bizarre performance, frantically gesticulating and jumping from topic to topic. But there was one area where he seemed to make some sense. Karp was asked about the frontier AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI within the context of concerns about the destruction of humanity.
- ▪On Thursday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp appeared on CNBC, where he gave a characteristically bizarre performance, frantically gesticulating and jumping from topic to topic.
- ▪But there was one area where he seemed to make some sense.
- ▪Karp was asked about the frontier AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI within the context of concerns about the destruction of humanity.
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On Thursday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp appeared on CNBC, where he gave a characteristically bizarre performance, frantically gesticulating and jumping from topic to topic. But there was one area where he seemed to make some sense. Karp was asked about the frontier AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI within the context of concerns about the destruction of humanity. The subject has dominated the news over the past week after the resignation of an Anthropic employee gained mainstream attention in a way that previous resignations and warnings hadn’t broken through. The Palantir CEO seems to believe that companies like Anthropic want the government to cap their liability when something goes wrong with their AI models.
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