{"id":5467,"date":"2026-07-14T01:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2026-07-14T01:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:06:13","slug":"alex-karp-says-the-biggest-problem-with-ai-is-that-not-everyone-will-get-that-rich-from-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5467","title":{"rendered":"Alex Karp says the biggest problem with AI is that not everyone will get that rich from it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Palantir CEO Alex Karp said AI could be about to create a huge wealth disparity.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;That&#8217;s a problem for society,&#8221; he told Axel Springer CEO Mathias D\u00f6pfner.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Karp also said the overselling of AI by the companies that make it is &#8220;disconcerting.&#8221;<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->AI is making a lot of people rich. You might not be one of them, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/alex-karp-bio-palantir-ceo?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoocom&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_source=yahoo\" data-ylk=\"slk:Palantir%20CEO%20Alex%20Karp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Palantir CEO Alex Karp&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Palantir CEO Alex Karp<\/a> \u2014 and that&#8217;s the<strong> <\/strong>problem.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias D\u00f6pfner, Karp said AI will likely raise living standards broadly, but the scale of gains at the very top will be wildly disproportionate to gains elsewhere. 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And they&#8217;re also getting very wealthy, and you don&#8217;t find them very likable.&#8221;<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->While he didn&#8217;t name any executives, Anthropic&#8217;s Dario Amodei and OpenAI&#8217;s Sam Altman have warned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/anthropic-ceo-warning-ai-could-eliminate-jobs-2025-5?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoocom&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_source=yahoo\" data-ylk=\"slk:AI%20causing%20job%20disruption;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AI causing job disruption&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">AI causing job disruption<\/a>. Recently, they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/anthropic-openai-doomer-boomer-pivot-ai-jobs-2026-6?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoocom&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_source=yahoo\" data-ylk=\"slk:softened%20their%20positions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;softened their positions&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">softened their positions<\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Karp&#8217;s comments come as anxieties around AI are boiling over into public backlash. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/gen-z-graduates-ai-backlash-commencement-speeches-anxiety-job-market-2026-5?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoocom&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_source=yahoo\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gen%20Z%20has%20shown%20resentment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gen Z has shown resentment&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Gen Z has shown resentment<\/a> toward the technology, while the data center boom is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/data-center-industry-response-growing-pushback-regulation-2026-4?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoocom&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_source=yahoo\" data-ylk=\"slk:being%20met%20with%20hostility;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;being met with hostility&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">being met with hostility<\/a> from communities and politicians.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->It&#8217;s also not the first time Karp has spoken critically of the AI industry. He ripped into the leading labs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/alexander-karp-criticizes-ai-companies-token-costs-2026-7?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoocom&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_source=yahoo\" data-ylk=\"slk:earlier%20this%20month;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;earlier this month&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">earlier this month<\/a> in a CNBC interview where he said &#8220;something has gone completely wrong&#8221; with the AI market.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none\" data-testid=\"read-more\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Karp told D\u00f6pfner that while he believed AI would make a lot of people&#8217;s lives better, he was skeptical of any framing that AI would be a &#8220;plethora of good things&#8221; that everyone would profit from.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;The overselling of AI in this country is really, really, really, somewhat disconcerting, but it&#8217;s also depressing because you don&#8217;t have to do it,&#8221; Karp said, describing AI as a &#8220;natural resource&#8221; with both positive and negative potential.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->He also had some choice words about those leading the AI race.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;These are like very oddly-shaped-IQ specimens that you probably wouldn&#8217;t want to have over for dinner<em>,&#8221; <\/em>he said. &#8220;And if they were over for the dinner, you have nothing to talk to them about. 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