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Preston Fore

Palantir’s billionaire CEO says only two kinds of people will succeed in the AI era: trade workers—‘or you’re neurodivergent’

Alex Karp (Credit: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

From Gen Z to baby boomers, workers across industries are on the hunt for ways to future-proof their careers as artificial intelligence threatens to upend the labor market. Palantir CEO Alex Karp is offering a starkly simple view of who will come out ahead.

“There are basically two ways to know you have a future,” the 59-year-old billionaire said on TBPN in March. “One, you have some vocational training. Or two, you’re neurodivergent.”

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