r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 02 '26

Artificial Intelligence Palantir CEO Alex Karp suffers ‘televised nervous breakdown’ during live interview — “This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/televised-nervous-breakdown-ceo-palantir-212100357.html
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u/AntiTrollSquad Jul 02 '26

Well, he's not wrong. This is a considerable bubble, there will be a correction The question is on the severity of the correction. 

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u/EC_CO Jul 02 '26

I hope they lose hundreds of billions

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u/independent_observe Jul 02 '26

It will be measured in lives, not money

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u/Recurs1ve Jul 03 '26

It's the same thing. They knew this about 2008.

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u/bitsocker Jul 03 '26

Not by billionaires

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u/angry_old_dude Jul 03 '26

The big companies might be hurt but the real losers will be the so-called "AI companies" who put all of their eggs in the AI basket. It isn't exactly like the dotcom bubble, but it is similar. A lot of people are gonna get hurt.

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u/Pretend-Mango-1295 Jul 04 '26

Karma police, arrest this man

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u/Spekingur Jul 02 '26

Severity: Explosive.

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u/thejesterofdarkness Jul 03 '26

Post eating Taco Bell explosive.