'''Alec Karp''' is an [[American]] [[oligarch]] and so-founder of the [[surveillance]] giant [[Palantir Technologies]]. Karp is in the forefront of promoting the idea of letting [[artificial intelligence]] decide to kill a [[human being]] in [[combat]]. Karp famously had an alleged [[cocaine]]-induced nervous breakdown in a Live broadcast on [[CNBC]] [[television]].<ref>https://futurism.com/future-society/meltdown-alex-karp-palantir-cnbc-interview</ref> Karp remarked that [[AI]] will make hum 20 times richer while [[American\]] [[middle class]] familiae stagnate.<ref>https://fortune.com/2026/07/17/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-artifical-intelligence-wealth-inequality-problem-billionaire-net-worth-surge-but-middle-class-left-behind/</ref>