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Comment by acc_297

9 hours ago

Wishful thinking but it would be real great if an engineer poisoned these datasets with bait entries

It’s not gonna happen. The people who work at Palantir, if they’re not just there for the money, think they’re doing the right thing, they see themselves as keeping the country safe and improving government efficiency (and who could be against that?)

  • Nobody thinks that. They are there for money.

    • That’s just not true. There are plenty of people in defense tech that clearly believe they are doing the right thing. Same with those in the military. Their version of “right” is just different than yours. To them, ensuring American hegemony is more right than whatever your definition is.

    • Money, or these IT folks derive pride from the technical challenge of building the tool, whatever its purpose. Or both.