CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant
Joe Wilkins
created: Jan. 21, 2026, noon | updated: Jan. 31, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
According to Palantir CEO Alex Karp, it’s going to involve less of the comfortable office work to which most people aspire, a more old fashioned grunt work with your hands.
In the age of AI, Karp told attendees at a forum, a strong formal education in any of the humanities will soon spell certain doom.
With a net worth of $15.5 billion — well within the top 0.1 percent of global wealth owners — the Palantir CEO has enough money and power to live like a feudal lord (and that’s before AI even takes over.)
“I mean, y’know, not to divert to my usual political screeds, but there will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training.”Now, there’s nothing wrong with vocational work or manufacturing.
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