It's software that lets you move people from a video feed, to a kanban "target" board, to a grave.
Is this what we wanted from our tech careers? I'm just old enough to remember when we thought tech would help people; not just help kill them.
by x______________
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Outsourcing intelligence at every level. What can go wrong in the long run without critical thinking skills being required in the chain of command? What happens when they turn off the magic answer-generating black box?
by bjconlan
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I'm curious as to how Palantir has been used during the war or Iran (if at all or does it suffer from subjective bias). I know there were larger movements at play on a political level here but I'm becoming concerned about how much one "thought group" (in private corps) is having on the world's largest war machine. might be dulling critical thinking.
by siva7
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> During the first 24 hours of the war, the US military struck more than 1,000 targets in Iran with the help of AI, as the Palantir software recommended 42 targets per hour.
Impressive, although this could lead to collateral damage. I hope Maven won't turn against its creators someday.
by SilverElfin
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They’re trying to rush this integration as widely to make Palantir too critical to walk away for when the administrations change.
by borissk
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Interesting. When reading dystopian SciFi books, about a future where big corporations are above state governments and dominate the world I couldn't quite believe it. But such future becomes a lot more believable now.
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