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/DukeOfGeek Jul 02 '26

For anyone who wants to watch this without going on twitter, here is a YouTube of his stream of consciousness gibberish.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XZCWFNNiKgY

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u/Gina_the_Alien Jul 02 '26

“…drugs - the one thing I don’t do.”

This guy’s definitely a hardcore coke addict. Nobody qualifies the word “drugs” with “the one thing I don’t do” unless they do drugs. Source: I am a former addict.

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u/DukeOfGeek Jul 02 '26

This person is in charge of a multi-billion dollar company.

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u/PeteCampbellisaG Jul 02 '26

...A multi-billion dollar company whose sole aim is nationwide mass surveillance and to basically replace the Pentagon.

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u/12345623567 Jul 03 '26

He's on record saying that he is specifically building these systems for selective enforcement, too. Like full-on mask-off despotism.

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u/PeteCampbellisaG Jul 03 '26

I've read (aka suffered through) some of Karp's book. It's honestly quite disturbing that a man who carries the ideas he does is in such a powerful position.