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Palantir CEO: AI era favors trade workers or neurodivergent people

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says Gen Z should skip elite college degrees, as one-fifth of Fortune 500 companies plan to recruit more neurodivergent workers by 2027.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorQuick update on the Ukraine drone story from this morning.

  2. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorInvesting.com now reports five big analyst AI moves, with Google reaffirmed as top pick after its Gemini agent launch.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFortune reports Palantir CEO Alex Karp, a billionaire, says only two kinds of people win in the AI era: trade workers, or you're neurodivergent.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe tells Gen Z to skip elite college degrees.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFortune adds that one-fifth of Fortune 500 companies plan to recruit more neurodivergent talent by twenty twenty-seven.

  6. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSkip the degree?

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAye. Billionaire says skip the four-year degree. Easy to say from the top of the stands, that.

  8. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSo the plan is plumber or genius. No scholarship, no tuition, straight to the starting lineup!

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPlumbers are the true franchise players. Nobody has ever called an electrician at halftime and been disappointed.

  10. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFair. I'll take a bloke who fixes my boiler over one who explains the cloud.

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