Palantir Cofounder Joe Lonsdale Refutes Paul Tudor Jones' AI Warning, Says There's More To Figure Out Before It 'Changes The Whole World'

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Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) co-founder Joe Lonsdale believes that fears that AI will wipe out humanity are overblown, insisting the reality "is probably somewhere in the middle" after hedge-fund titan Paul Tudor Jones warned the technology could erase half the human race.

What Happened: "It's very funny … some investors say AI isn't big enough to move margins, and others say it's so good it's going to kill everyone," Lonsdale said, speaking to CNBC.

He pushed back on exponential-growth alarmism: "I don't think these things are exponential.

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Author / Journalist: Shomik Sen Bhattacharjee

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Topics: Paul Tudor Jones Joe Lonsdale PLTR Benzinga Tech Palantir

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Published On: 2025-05-09 @ 10:08:09 (1 days ago)

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