I don’t know the answer but my experience with venture capitalists is that they’re everything from absolute buffoons to incredibly data-centric in decision making

So if Y combinator cares about revenue then I think the answer to your question is no, in aggregate, but that’s just a guess based on an assumption of information that I don’t actually have

I agree with you

I would just say that the incentives aligned in America for law enforcement to choose “predictive policing”, whether they call it that or something else

Personally, I think the black mirror conversation is a false dichotomy and the argument that it only gets worse is a slippery slope fallacy

Predictive Policing is here if we like it or not, it’s not new, the feds have been studying how to profile people since before the web was even a thing

I do think the Patriot act was an abuse of power and it continues to be abused but I’m not convinced that we’re necessarily worse off (tactically speaking), I just think the law should be just and upheld appropriately

Some random goon you met in a 5 person discord isn’t “astroturfing”

I’m an American living in London and I’ve been extremely impressed by the quality of policing here compared to America. And part of that quality no doubt has to do with the police dealing with overall less severe crime. So I suppose it’s a bit circular

But nonetheless, crime is essentially unsolved in East London and other parts of the country

So I agree that there’s a better version of policing but I reject that the solution to crime is just better police training

Do you see it as an unsolvable problem?

I read them and there were some interesting parts scattered amidst poor journalism and FUD

Is your position basically just ACAB?

I think one of the main points of the outrage is that it makes it more concerning, not less

You seem well informed, can you help me understand this a bit? Is this basically just ACAB, so any kind of helping the cops is Bad too?

Astroturfing is definitely a thing that exists but what evidence is there that palantir the company is spending resources that way?

Most companies have marketing and PR departments, not GCHQ and IDF veterans

What fantasy are you larping here

Coastal vacation 💀

Sorry I thought this was more common, it’s definitely wall Street bets

To me, spying and spying on the public en masse are very different things

I think we should all care about what misinformation is spread to what people

Put me in my place if this is nonsense but doesn’t it make way more sense if the astroturfing is done by WSB goons? I just don’t see corporate entities coordinating this kind of thing

What kind of ways, can you explain?

Is there any evidence that Palantir the company aggregates data across contractual boundaries? Everything I’ve seen indicates the reverse: it’s a glorified hosted data storage solution with workflows built on top

Source? I’ve never heard about pal being used for disinformation

Ex pal people are on slack, not discord. This is probably an investor server

If I’m reading this right, you would basically say that any company that helps government institutions spy on people is awful, is that right?

What shady stuff are you talking about may I ask?