{"id":46277,"date":"2025-09-06T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/46277\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:01:08","slug":"palantir-ceo-alex-karp-says-u-s-labor-workers-wont-lose-their-jobs-to-ai-its-not-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/46277\/","title":{"rendered":"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says U.S. labor workers won\u2019t lose their jobs to AI\u2014\u2018it\u2019s not true\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As fears swirl that American manufacturing workers and skilled laborers may soon be replaced by artificial intelligence and robots, Alex Karp, CEO of the AI and data analytics software company Palantir Technologies<\/a>, hopes to change the narrative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not true, and in fact, it\u2019s kind of the opposite,\u201d Karp said in an interview with Fortune Thursday at the company\u2019s commercial customer conference, AIPCon, where Palantir customers showcased how they were using the company\u2019s software platform and generative AI within their own businesses at George Lucas\u2019 Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, Calif.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The primary danger of AI in this country, says Karp, is that workers don\u2019t understand that AI will actually help them in their roles\u2014and it will hardly replace them. \u201cSilicon Valley\u2019s done an immensely crappy job of explaining that,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re in manufacturing, in any capacity: You\u2019re on the assembly line, you maintain a complicated machine\u2014you have any kind of skilled labor job\u2014the way we do AI will actually make your job more valuable and make you more valuable. But currently you would think\u2014just roaming around the country, and if you listen to the AI narratives coming out of Silicon Valley\u2014that all these people are going to lose their jobs tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karp made these comments the day before the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August jobs report<\/a>, which showcased a climbing unemployment rate and stagnating hiring figures, reigniting fears of whether AI is at all responsible for the broader slowdown. There has been limited data thus far suggesting that generative AI is to blame for the slowing jobs market\u2014or even job cuts for that matter\u2014though a recent ADP hiring report offered a rare suggestion<\/a> that AI may be one of several factors influencing hiring sentiment. Some executives, including Salesforce\u2019s Marc Benioff, have cited the efficiency gains of AI for layoffs at their companies, and others, like Ford CEO Jim Farley and Amazon<\/a> CEO Andy Jassy, have made lofty predictions<\/a> about how AI is on track to replace jobs in the future. Most of these projections have been centered around white collar roles, in particular, versus manufacturing or skilled labor positions.<\/p>\n

Karp, who has a PhD in neoclassical social theory and a reputation for being outspoken and contrarian on many issues, argues that fears of AI eliminating skilled labor jobs are unfounded\u2014and he\u2019s committed to \u201ccorrecting\u201d the public perception.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Palantir launched \u201cWorking Intelligence: The AI Optimism Project,\u201d a quasi-public information and marketing campaign centered around artificial intelligence in the workplace. The project has begun with a series of short blog posts featuring Palantir\u2019s customers and their opinions on AI, as well as a \u201cmanifesto\u201d that takes aim at both the \u201cdoomers\u201d and \u201cpacifiers\u201d of AI. \u201cDoomers fear, and pacifiers welcome, a future of conformity: a world in which AI flattens human difference. Silicon Valley is already selling such bland, dumbed-down slop,\u201d the manifesto declares, arguing that the true power of AI is not to standardize but to \u201csupercharge\u201d workers.<\/p>\n

Jordan Hirsch, who is spearheading the new project at Palantir, said that there are approximately 20 people working on it and that they plan to launch a corresponding podcast.<\/p>\n

While Palantir has an obvious commercial interest in dispelling public fears about AI, Karp framed his commitment to the project as something important for society. Fears about job replacement will \u201cfeed a kind of weird populism based on a notion that\u2019s not true\u2014that\u2019s going to make the factions on the right and left much, much, much more powerful based on something that\u2019s not true,\u201d he said. \u201cI think correcting that\u2014but not just by saying platitudes, but actually showing how this works, is one of the most important things we have to get on top of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karp said he planned to invest \u201clots of energy and money\u201d into the AI Optimism Project. When asked how much money, he said he didn\u2019t know yet, but that \u201cwe have a lot of money, and it\u2019s one of my biggest priorities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Palantir has seen enormous growth<\/a> within the commercial side of its business in the last two years, largely due to the artificial intelligence product it released in 2023, called \u201cAIP.\u201d Palantir\u2019s revenue surpassed $1 billion for the first time last quarter. And while Palantir only joined the S&P 500 last year, it now ranks as one of the most valuable companies in the world thanks to its soaring stock price<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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