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.
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.
Decent? It was always in plain sight. Palantiri, hello?
People are fucking stupid.
well known for 10+years, and the way thiel named the company too.
Yep: https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Palantíri
That’s neat, thanks for the lore
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.
Werent palantir those shady orbs from LOTR? You know, the backports sauron used to spy on us…
now delving into peddling the struggling AI system they are using.
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.
They were a tool for good before they were corrupted, though.
Were they, though?
Ungoliant says, “yes.”