- AI software company Palantir published a manifesto on X outlining its positions on national service, international order, and the future of warfare.
- The manifesto, largely summarizing points from a forthcoming book by co-founder Alex Karp, advocates for undoing the post-Second World War “neutering” of Germany and Japan and reinstating compulsory national service.
- Palantir declares the atomic age over, replaced by the AI era, asserting that future “hard power” will be built on software and viewing AI-driven warfare as an inevitability.
- The company also criticizes excessive public judgment of figures, religious intolerance, and questions Apple's iPhone market dominance, suggesting it may limit innovation.
- Co-founded by Peter Thiel, known for his idiosyncratic public statements, Palantir's manifesto has been characterized by some as resembling the “ramblings of a comic book villain.”
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