Palantir posts mini-manifesto criticizing inclusion and ‘repetitive’ cultures

Research and analytics company Palantir in the near future what he called a “summary” of the 22 points of CEO Alexander Karp’s book “The Technological Republic.”

Written by Karp and Palantir CEO Nicholas Zamiska, “The Technological Republic” was. published last year and described by its authors as “the basics of the theoretical explanation” behind Palantir’s work. (One critic said it was “not a book at all, but a piece of corporate merchandise.”)

The company’s views have been under a lot of scrutiny since then, as The tech company’s figures have disputed Palantir’s work with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).and as the company has positioned itself as an organization working to protect “the West.”

Instead, the Democrats in Congress He recently sent a letter to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security demanding information about how tools built by Palantir and “various surveillance companies” are being used in the impeachment process against Trump.

Palantir’s post doesn’t say much about the issue directly, saying only that it’s providing a summary “because we get asked a lot.” It added that “Silicon Valley owes a debt to the world that made its rise possible” and that “free email is not enough.”

“The destruction of a culture or development, as well as its governing body, will be forgiven only if the culture can lead to economic growth and human security,” the company said.

The story is multifaceted, at one point criticizing the culture that “almost mocks (Elon) Musk’s interest in big issues” and at another point about the recent controversy of the use of artificial intelligence by the military.

“The question is not whether AI tools will be built; who will build them and for what purpose,” says Palantir. “Our adversaries will not stop to engage in competitive games related to the ability to develop technologies that have military and national security implications. They will continue.”

Likewise, the company suggests that “the atomic era is ending,” as “a new era of deterrence built on AI begins.”

The article also takes a moment to criticize “Germany’s persecution of Japan after the war,” adding that “Germany’s humiliation was an overcontrol for which Europe is now paying a heavy price” and that “a similar and theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism” could threaten to shift power in Asia.

The post concludes by criticizing “shallow attempts to be empty and empty.” In Palantir’s argument, superstition and integration “show that some cultures and other cultures . . . have produced wonders.”

After Palantir posted this on Saturday, Eliot Higgins, CEO of research website Bellingcat, he said dryly that “it was normal and good for the company to say this publicly.”

Higgins as well they argued that there is more to the role than “Western security” – in his opinion, it is an attack on what he says are the fundamental values ​​of democracy that need to be rebuilt: verify, consider, and respond.

Higgins wrote: “Palantir sells software to the security, intelligence, intelligence and law enforcement agencies. These 22 principles are not a piece of wisdom floating in the air, they are the ideas of a company whose money depends on the politics it promotes.”