Palantir CEO Karp: AI regulation is hard because every expert is 'on the payroll'

eliano · x · 2026-09-18

Palantir CEO Alex Karp argues AI regulation faces a structural problem: nearly everyone who understands the technology works for an AI company.

Liability before exemption: He says the first line of defense is civil and criminal liability for builders — not self-regulation or asking for rules to escape accountability. If a technology could destroy 10% of the world, liability must attach.
Disclosure demands action: The right sequence is to ask what a company is doing about disclosed risks, and only escalate to regulation if it does nothing.
Critique of overseas regulation: Strict regulation outside the US pushes technical experts to America, which he calls 'anti-sovereignty,' and using external models leaks a country's alpha to the model provider.

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