Alex Karp on AI fear marketing: 'Far better to be feared than loved'
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-29
Beff Jezos quotes Palantir CEO Alex Karp on AI companies' fear-based marketing: 'Read some Machiavelli — far better to be feared than loved.' Joe Lonsdale adds that Dario wanting to be feared might be intentional. Jezos calls it '6D chess' that carried Anthropic to IPO, adding they should chill out now that they got the bag.
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