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Varoufakis on Palantir, AI warfare, and the rise of tech lordism
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Palantir has published a 22-point manifesto envisioning a future of autonomous weapons and deep integration between big tech and government. This has sparked global outrage and intensified debate about the growing power of Silicon Valley and its ties to militaries accused of war crimes. Economist Yanis Varoufakis believes big tech is peddling an ideology comparable to the racial hierarchies of Nazism and apartheid.