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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.
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.
Some companies used to have a full-blown army: "...twice the size of the British Army at certain times.[5]"
Before being nationalised of course. Nationalisation is always the end-game when a corporation becomes too powerful.
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.
The most brilliant minds of this generation work on ads, crypto gambling and assassination systems.
> 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.
They’re trying to rush this integration as widely to make Palantir too critical to walk away for when the administrations change.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir...
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.
There are no technologies that aren’t used to both kill and help
> 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.
The first target struck in Iran was a girls school.
> 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.
The first target struck in Iran was a girls school.
Soldiers are supposed to be liable for carrying out illegal orders, even if given by an AI. It's disturbing that nobody has been held accountable for bombing a school so far. The U.S. military's approach to investigating their own is apparently similar to that of the IDF.
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"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila." -- Mitch Ratcliffe
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This quote is now badly out of date. A computer running an AI and an unquestioning human flying a bomber now vastly outstrip what handguns and tequila are capable of. Just wait until autonomous drones are used to cut humans out of the loop entirely!
> 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.
The first target struck in Iran was a girls school.