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Leslie Paul Oosten's avatar

There was a headline in the UK that stated the Met Police force used Palantir AI to root out corruption, abuse of power from members of their own force

Leslie Paul Oosten's avatar

Yea, very true, dangerous times..

Cork Graham's avatar

Excellent read, Lau!

Jacob Worm's avatar

This is vital information. It’s just a pity that most won’t understand the degree to which they assign “adversary”.

John Chittick's avatar

Scratch a crony capitalists and you find a fascist.

Jay Bremyer's avatar

Lau, I understand the points you're making and praise your insight and caution.  In fact, for most of my adult life your concerns about companies like Palatir, corporate and government surveillance, and greed driven capitalism, have centered my attention much more than now at 79 years of age.  I have not lived in a totalitarian country and recognize that I am no doubt naive.  Nevertheless, I've read and listened to interviews with Alex Karp, read his Technological Republic, am reading his biography, and believe he's sincerely a patriot and that Palantir's purpose is to improve our ability to survive terrorist and other aggression and to compete successfully.  I am also quite impressed with Palantir CTO Shyam Sunkar and looking forward to reading his book: Mobilize.  So, for what it is worth, although Karp is ego driven and can be over the top, and Palantir's technology in the wrong hands can certainly be used to compromise our rights to privacy and self-determination within the law, I've come to see the collaboration between companies like Palantir and the intelligence community and military as being appropriate.  In fact, I personally know enough about some of our national "democratically elected" leaders to believe they are properly motivated good humans, but I have little to no confidence in their ability to implement principled practices or guide national policy in a way that improves our security and prosperity as citizens.  But I do think, or at least hope, the Palantir leadership can be helpful in those ways.  I believe we're living in extremely disruptive and transformative times.  I'm hoping for the best.   Good article.  Important discussion.  Jay

US vs the Oligarchs's avatar

Whatever you're smoking, pass it over here.

Oliver J Kenny's avatar

Very insightful- thank you 🙏

Dan French's avatar

Just love those 8 second sound bites. Hey Lau, how about someone reading one sentence of your article to a friend and then telling them all about what was in it? Forget the sound bites.

Robert Thurber's avatar

This world is infected, has been for some time just getting worse everyday

Margaret Fleck's avatar

Alex Karp is insane.

He may prevail.

However, how sustainable is insanity?

Does he have power to do what he wants? Possibly.

Does he have the stability to maintain it? Doubtful.

The environmental collapse that faces us, which Karp and others are hastening, will, in my opinion, have the last word. The loss of the strength of the AMOC alone will probably make most of the planet uninhabitable. If Karp and his buddies plan to rule the hell they helped create, so be it. Personally, I think their monumental hubris will bring us all to unimaginable catastrophe, including the "kings."

US vs the Oligarchs's avatar

Cheer up! A new "Maunder Minimum"-style global cooling event just started: all may not be lost before "the solar event that wipes out human civilization every 12,800 years" comes calling.

Mike Hardwicke's avatar

Chilling indeed and no surprise to me.