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Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete

15 points by voxadam 9mo ago

voxadam 9mo ago
https://archive.is/N0Jz5 https://archive.is/N0Jz5
- CamperBob2 9mo ago
  Looks like he lost a fight with a Van de Graaff
  - goku12 9mo ago
    It's an attempt to appear as a nonconformist that a genius visionary has to be (from their perspective). SBF did the exact same thing.
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perihelions 9mo ago
character: l (displayed as l) (codepoint 108, #o154, #x6c) LATIN SMALL LETTER L Why did you replace the "I" in "AI" with its homoglyph "l"?
Legend2440 9mo ago
> Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp. >“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training,” said Karp, speaking at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.” Idk man, that sounds like a crock of nonsense. Previous waves of automation sure didn’t stop the demand for immigrant labor - if anything, it’s only increased.
- nine_zeros 9mo ago
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- tyingq 9mo ago
  Really curious how it's going to kill the need for immigrants in construction, agriculture, food service, hospitality, lawn care, cleaning, building maintenance, etc. Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit?
  - bigbadfeline 9mo ago
    > Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit? Apparently, that's exactly the main idea here. Them and other expendable office workers.
  - acdha 9mo ago
    It’s also interesting because the whole SV model assumes demand which goes way down if a genuine AI enters the market and starts cutting into middle class jobs. There aren’t many ads targeting low-wage workers, not nearly enough to support the tech sector.
    - goku12 9mo ago
      They either lack that foresight and are completely oblivious of that limitation (the Dunning-Kruger effect), or they're lying shamelessly to manipulate the market in the hopes cashing out in the end, sort of like a pump-and-dump scheme or a pyramid scheme. Based on many of their track records I wouldn't be too surprised if both effects are at play, reinforcing each other.
  - bhhaskin 9mo ago
    There is a reason why you are seeing a ton of humanoid robots in development. They just don't have the software to make them viable yet.
- bigbadfeline 9mo ago
dmvjs 9mo ago
migration only happens for work, no
- goku12 9mo ago
  Says a lot about how they view fellow human beings, doesn't it? Disposable money printers.
tim-tday 9mo ago
Nonsense
al_borland 9mo ago
> “There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training,” said Karp “More than enough jobs”… so enough jobs for all the citizens, and then more available jobs? Am I interpreting this correctly? That sounds like a case for immigration, not against it. The idea that vocational jobs will be it, is pretty unsettling to someone who went the office route specifically to have a job that could be done as I age. Now that I’m aging and my knee stops working if I walk too much, the idea of retraining to hang drywall sounds more ludicrous than all those “learn to code” ads people loved to get upset about. I’m hoping the realities of all of this will take long enough for me to retire. If it’s anything like FSD, it will. It been 3 years away for 12 years now.
techblueberry 9mo ago
This messaging is like tailor made for the culture war and the cynical part of me wonders if the goal is to appeal to Trump voters? “No immigration and more blue collar jobs”
JimmyJamesJames 9mo ago
I think some people in their ivory towers don’t realise many places around the world don’t have access to running or clean water, let alone electricity or an internet connection. The likelihood of his suggestion is very very slim.

15 points by voxadam 9mo ago

voxadam 9mo ago

https://archive.is/N0Jz5 https://archive.is/N0Jz5

CamperBob2 9mo ago
Looks like he lost a fight with a Van de Graaff
- goku12 9mo ago
  It's an attempt to appear as a nonconformist that a genius visionary has to be (from their perspective). SBF did the exact same thing.

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perihelions 9mo ago

character: l (displayed as l) (codepoint 108, #o154, #x6c) LATIN SMALL LETTER L Why did you replace the "I" in "AI" with its homoglyph "l"?

Legend2440 9mo ago

> Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp. >“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training,” said Karp, speaking at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.” Idk man, that sounds like a crock of nonsense. Previous waves of automation sure didn’t stop the demand for immigrant labor - if anything, it’s only increased.

nine_zeros 9mo ago
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tyingq 9mo ago
Really curious how it's going to kill the need for immigrants in construction, agriculture, food service, hospitality, lawn care, cleaning, building maintenance, etc. Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit?
- bigbadfeline 9mo ago
  > Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit? Apparently, that's exactly the main idea here. Them and other expendable office workers.
- acdha 9mo ago
  It’s also interesting because the whole SV model assumes demand which goes way down if a genuine AI enters the market and starts cutting into middle class jobs. There aren’t many ads targeting low-wage workers, not nearly enough to support the tech sector.
  - goku12 9mo ago
    They either lack that foresight and are completely oblivious of that limitation (the Dunning-Kruger effect), or they're lying shamelessly to manipulate the market in the hopes cashing out in the end, sort of like a pump-and-dump scheme or a pyramid scheme. Based on many of their track records I wouldn't be too surprised if both effects are at play, reinforcing each other.
- bhhaskin 9mo ago
  There is a reason why you are seeing a ton of humanoid robots in development. They just don't have the software to make them viable yet.
bigbadfeline 9mo ago

dmvjs 9mo ago

migration only happens for work, no

goku12 9mo ago
Says a lot about how they view fellow human beings, doesn't it? Disposable money printers.

tim-tday 9mo ago

Nonsense

al_borland 9mo ago

> “There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training,” said Karp “More than enough jobs”… so enough jobs for all the citizens, and then more available jobs? Am I interpreting this correctly? That sounds like a case for immigration, not against it. The idea that vocational jobs will be it, is pretty unsettling to someone who went the office route specifically to have a job that could be done as I age. Now that I’m aging and my knee stops working if I walk too much, the idea of retraining to hang drywall sounds more ludicrous than all those “learn to code” ads people loved to get upset about. I’m hoping the realities of all of this will take long enough for me to retire. If it’s anything like FSD, it will. It been 3 years away for 12 years now.

techblueberry 9mo ago

This messaging is like tailor made for the culture war and the cynical part of me wonders if the goal is to appeal to Trump voters? “No immigration and more blue collar jobs”

JimmyJamesJames 9mo ago

I think some people in their ivory towers don’t realise many places around the world don’t have access to running or clean water, let alone electricity or an internet connection. The likelihood of his suggestion is very very slim.