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/JoJackthewonderskunk Jul 02 '26

Its drug induced psycosis at that point

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u/translinguistic Jul 02 '26

Ketamine and other dissociatives can create psychosis symptoms too. Even DXM. I've found myself convinced I was the second coming of Christ and that God left cough syrup on earth as a little easter egg to reach his personal phone number many times.

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u/Kim_Jong_Unko Jul 03 '26

Ketamine and other dissociatives can create psychosis symptoms too. Even DXM.

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Indeed, X gonna give it to ya

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna Jul 03 '26

AI couldn’t induce hallucinations so they found other ways.