When Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicted that AI would erode the economic power of “humanities-trained, largely Democratic voters” in favor of “working class, often male voters,” he wasn’t making a forecast. He was making a choice — and calling it destiny.
Karp’s statement is a vision of how he sees the future, but it is not a predetermined outcome. We have agency to decide whether that vision is the one we want to build.
