Palantir CTO calls AI safety a 'cult' on CBS Face the Nation
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Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar, appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, called AI safety a "cult" and joked that AI researchers smoke to signal their faith. Host Margaret Brennan opened by citing a CBS poll in which 50% of respondents said AI will create more problems than it solves and 45% of Americans want the government to restrict AI development and use. Rather than engaging with the question of guardrails, Sankar instead named a party he believes is really behind the issue (the source text is truncated at that point).
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A senior executive at a major data and AI company airing this view highlights how heated the AI-safety debate has become amid US public and regulatory pressure.