Meta's chief AI officer Alexandr Wang reveals Palantir handed new hires an improv acting book
pswider · x · 2026-11-15
Meta's chief AI officer Alexandr Wang says Palantir has long given new hires Impro, Keith Johnstone's 1979 improv theater classic. He describes Palantir as an acting troupe fused with a software company: with large enterprise and government customers, "perception is more real than reality," so the job is to improve reality and shape perception in equal measure — a better product still needs a story buyers believe.
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