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Palantir CTO Says Some AI Researchers Are So Sure It Will Cure Cancer They’ve Started 'Smoking' — Warns Both AI Extremes Reflect ‘Social Delusion’

Oct 12, 2026 · 09:00 AM ET· updated 2h ago
Palantir CTO Says Some AI Researchers Are So Sure It Will Cure Cancer They’ve Started 'Smoking' — Warns Both AI Extremes Reflect ‘Social Delusion’

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar calls AI doomsday predictions theological, while warning that extreme optimism amounts to ‘mass psychosis,'

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Palantir's leader says some people are too excited or too scared about AI. Both extremes ignore what AI can actually do right now.

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