AI destroys humanities? At least one CEO thinks so. From the article:

Alex Karp, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of the AI defense technology company Palantir, had a top humanities-based education….

In the age of AI, that kind of academic trajectory will doom you, Karp told Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, who was leading the discussion.

AI “will destroy humanities jobs,” Karp said.

“You went to an elite school, and you studied philosophy — hopefully you have some other skill,” Karp said, because that skillset is going to be very hard to market.

The Palantir CEO said it would probably be possible for those with humanities backgrounds to keep a job once they secure it, but he said technicians and those with other vocational skill sets are going to be in the highest demand….

“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training,” Karp told Fink.

But not all at Davos agree with the tech leader’s assessment of the future of jobs.

Finance executives attending the global forum have been telling Business Insider’s Dan DeFrancesco that liberal arts degrees might be the new hot commodity. As AI takes on more of the hard financial analysis, it is transforming the skill set executives prioritize in young recruits. Critical creative thinkers are back in the spotlight.

h/t Rob Townsend

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