Palantir's CEO argues AI is about to wipe out routine white-collar work, which is bad news for junior lawyers, writers, and coders and good news for people with hands-on skills or unusual minds.

• Alex Karp says only two groups have a safe future: people with vocational training and people who think differently from everyone else.
• The jobs most at risk are the entry-level ones built on reading, writing, and basic coding — the tasks AI already does cheaply.
• Being able to memorize and repeat what you were taught no longer pays; real technical know-how and original insight do.
• Palantir is now pushing fellowships and its own training track as an alternative to college, telling young people to skip the debt — a path Ken Griffin's new Miami university echoes.

Outlook: Expect more companies to hire on demonstrated skill instead of degrees, and more pressure on anyone whose job is routine desk work.