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Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism" (arstechnica.com)
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[–] donald_von_shitsnpants@kopitalk.net 100 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Decent? It was always in plain sight. Palantiri, hello?

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 40 points 4 days ago

People are fucking stupid.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

well known for 10+years, and the way thiel named the company too.

[–] Korkki@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I still have only vague ideas what they even are and do and why they are special. Yeah, marketing, data brokering, spying, PR, social engineering, propaganda, but then how does that differ from Meta and Google.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Werent palantir those shady orbs from LOTR? You know, the backports sauron used to spy on us...

[–] Zagorath@quokk.au 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The palantíri were created by elves and weren't inherently evil. It was only when Sauron captured them and exerted his will over them to make it difficult for anyone to use them without sending straight to him that they became evil.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

thiel never getting that far into the context, is only obsessed with spying on people.

[–] mpramann@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

Oh he knows. There are several quotes from him acknowledging that he is evil. He does not care as long as it supports his vision for the future.

[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

This may an overly cynical take, though that seems hard to do these days, but I’ve always believed they are intentionally vague… even to their customers.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

now delving into peddling the struggling AI system they are using.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They were a tool for good before they were corrupted, though.

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Were they, though?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Ungoliant says, "yes."

[–] Domino@quokk.au 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No they weren’t?

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Palant%C3%ADri

How Are so many people so ignorant and confident at the same time? You're all acting like you know what you're talking about...

[–] Domino@quokk.au 6 points 3 days ago

Oh you mean in fiction!