According to the American software provider Palantir, artificial intelligence will make widespread immigration unnecessary to support the economy and labor market of western industrialized nations.
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There will be more than enough open jobs for a country’s citizens, “especially those with vocational training,” said company boss Alex Karp at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Alex Karp at his WEF appearance.Image: keystone
“These trends make it hard to imagine why we should have immigration on a large scale,” Karp said – unless someone has very specific skills. In the West there is the “unfortunate” narrative that artificial intelligence will take people’s jobs.
Experts expect that AI software will take on more tasks, especially for office workers. With this in mind, some companies such as Amazon have already initiated large-scale job cuts.
Palantir develops software that can be used to analyze and improve business processes. On the other hand, the company’s technology is also used by the military and security authorities to link information from different sources.
This is useful, for example, in investigations and secret service reconnaissance. However, there are also concerns about data protection and criticism because the company’s software is used by the US authorities that President Donald Trump has commissioned to implement his mass deportation agenda (sda/dpa)