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Nash Riggins

Palantir CEO Alex Karp Has a Stark Message Amid the AI Takeover: Only Trade Workers and ‘Neurodivergent’ Individuals Will Thrive

Everybody’s got their own wild AI predictions for 2026. Doomsayers keep warning us that it’s going to wipe out entire industries, and converts claim AI will be the start of some imaginary age of abundance. 

Well, somewhere in the middle of all that sits Palantir (PLTR) CEO Alex Karp. And his most recent AI forecast is probably the most unusual we’ve heard so far. Karp has already conceded there will be some losers as the AI revolution gains pace. But he’s now narrowed the winners circle down to two distinct groups: Trade workers and people who are neurodivergent.

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