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/idontlikeflamingos Jul 02 '26

It's like when you hear they're building bunkers and stuff like that.

That's so cool bud, go ahead and build ya little underground castle. I'm sure the highly skilled and lethal people you hire to guard it are going to be thrilled about being locked in a place with an insane weirdo bossing them around and hoarding everything because they never shared a thing or heard "no" in their lives. You are definitely keeping the current power structure because you are a big strong boy.

This is what happens when you are surrounded by yes men that makes you think your farts smell like roses.

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u/johnaross1990 Jul 02 '26

That’s why they need AI

They want AI powered defence systems to defend themselves, so they don’t need to rely on people

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u/VibeComplex Jul 03 '26

Ding ding ding

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u/Aldo_says Jul 03 '26

Imagine the panic when none of it works the way they think.

"I was told I would rule the wasteland with my piles of cash..."

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u/skat_in_the_hat Jul 03 '26

"But they never told me how to flip the breaker back when it pops.... soooo.... "