alt.hn

3/21/2026 at 9:33:10 PM

US to embed Palantir AI across military

 https://thecradle.co/articles-id/36667

by gravisultra

3/22/2026 at 12:22:01 AM

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 dtagames

3/22/2026 at 12:46:34 AM

The most brilliant minds of this generation work on ads, crypto gambling and assassination systems.

by siva7

3/22/2026 at 1:26:30 AM

And infinite 15s porn clips

by haliskerbas

3/22/2026 at 7:49:34 AM

then they are not brilliant are they, if they choose money over all else. dumbasses infact.

by saidnooneever

3/22/2026 at 2:03:54 AM

If you work in technology you do both

There are no technologies that aren’t used to both kill and help

by AndrewKemendo

3/22/2026 at 6:13:43 AM

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 x______________

3/21/2026 at 11:58:53 PM

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 bjconlan

3/22/2026 at 12:35:10 AM

The term "Merchants of Death" comes to mind. Easy kills, done dirt cheap, appeals to state level despots.

by dtagames

3/22/2026 at 12:29:42 AM

You must be trolling. Did you read the article?

by itsalwaysgood

3/22/2026 at 12:43:11 AM

> 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 siva7

3/22/2026 at 1:40:10 AM

The first target struck in Iran was a girls school.

by gravisultra

3/22/2026 at 2:28:15 AM

We saw this in Gaza with the IDF's use of "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy". The IDF dehumanized their opponents to the point that, if a computer said "Kill", they didn't ask questions.

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!

by beloch

3/22/2026 at 2:41:26 AM

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by rasz

3/22/2026 at 6:10:21 AM

That’s a lot of apologizing for murdering children you’re doing there. A lot of formers in there as well.

by conception

3/22/2026 at 8:05:29 AM

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by rasz

3/22/2026 at 1:10:05 PM

Where are the children of people who live on base supposed to go to school?

by ThePowerOfFuet

3/22/2026 at 2:12:22 AM

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by trvth-nvke

3/21/2026 at 10:08:28 PM

They’re trying to rush this integration as widely to make Palantir too critical to walk away for when the administrations change.

by SilverElfin

3/22/2026 at 5:34:52 AM

This seems like the right analysis. They have JD Vance and presumably other Thiel acolytes in power.

Presumably the next admin will be less.. fascist

by danny_codes

3/21/2026 at 9:38:14 PM

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.

by borissk

3/21/2026 at 10:57:53 PM

> I couldn't quite believe it

Not sure how that was ever unbelievable to you. Governments are and have always been relics of the past. Systems that we all tolerate because removing them would be too big a hassle for most people who are simply content enough with things the way they are—and without the people these systems continue to endure.

It has always been a matter of time before a system more all-encompassing encompassed governments as well. Naive to think otherwise.

by isjdjwjdiej

3/22/2026 at 9:06:02 AM

I don't want to downvote this because it's interesting, but the tone "you're an idiot if you don't already believe my extremely niche view" works against you.

by Noumenon72

3/22/2026 at 9:29:53 AM

You could not frame my impresssion of this post better.

by jeanloolz

3/22/2026 at 1:14:42 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

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.

by oro44

3/21/2026 at 11:12:54 PM

It's frustrating as hell to hear this from people. I still get that glimmer of hope that people are coming around when they say it, then they just double-down on dismissing it as an overreaction.

by kgwxd