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That was the plan for when the AI bubble pops
The AI bubble was the excuse to prevent the market from acting out when they started building.
“Look at our work-saving mechanical Turk! It even does CODING so you don’t have to pay those NERDS anymore!”
That's a bit too much competence and thinking ahead for them. Usually it's just jumping on something that might work, failing and falling upwards.
I think that’s been the plan all along… palantir has been around for at least a decade in the government at this point