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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