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@2kySzn
They didn’t pick the best AI. They picked the most compliant one. Let that sink in.
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@TukiFromKLposted on X
🚨 Do you understand what just happened at the Pentagon.. Anthropic said "we won't build weapons".. the Pentagon blacklisted them.. labeled them a supply chain risk.. first American company ever.. that label was only used against foreign adversaries before this.. 15 days later.. they handed the entire military AI system to Palantir.. the same Palantir that helped ICE track immigrants for $30M.. the same Palantir that took over Project Maven.. the AI drone targeting program Google quit because their own employees protested.. the same Palantir whose founder wrote "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible".. and he just got the keys to the largest military on earth.. for $10B Id say the Pentagon isn't buying AI.. they're buying obedience.. and they just showed every company on earth the price.
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Community Sentiment Analysis
Real-time analysis of public opinion and engagement
Sentiment Distribution
75% Engaged
55% Positive
20% Negative
Positive
55%
Negative
20%
Neutral
25%
Key Takeaways
What the community is saying — both sides
Supporting
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“Comply or get cut off”
many replies read the blacklist as a coercive message to AI firms: refuse military work and you lose access to the defense marketplace.
2
Rewarding obedience over ethics
commenters say the $10B award signals that willingness to build what the Pentagon wants is more valuable than safety pledges or ethical stances.
3
Supply‑chain cascade risk
the designation isn’t just a single ban: legal and procurement incentives will push primes and subcontractors to default to the “approved” vendor, squeezing out dissident labs.
4
Centralization + surveillance danger
handing core AI systems to one contractor raises fears of expanded domestic surveillance, reduced transparency, and entrenched control technologies.
5
Palantir distrust and track record
many replies focus on Palantir’s history (ICE work, Maven-era ties, founder controversies) as reasons to worry about its stewardship of military AI.
6
Realist/pro‑security justification
a vocal minority argues the military needed a dependable partner that will “play ball”; from that angle Palantir was the sensible, pragmatic choice.
7
Political and legal backlash
some call for new laws or countermeasures (blacklists, reform) while others fear remedies will be delayed or overturned by future elections.
8
Geopolitical control theory
a thread of replies frames the move as about preserving global dominance: wars and military AI investments are portrayed as bids to keep control of emerging obedience tech.
9
Data‑quality and central database worries
critics point to error rates in current federal datasets and warn that centralizing “the data of the future” will amplify mistakes and harms.
10
Fringe conspiracy reactions
a subset of replies advance conspiratorial or inflammatory claims (various alleged networks, depopulation narratives, identity‑based accusations); these voices amplify fear but sit apart from the mainstream policy criticisms.
Opposing
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“CIA-grown” and effective
the military needs alignment, not corporate rebellion, and companies shouldn’t impose their ideals on government.
2
decide how weapons are used
; saying a company will influence employment of force is seen as overreach (“no one voted Dario to run the armed forces”).
3
Claude/Anthropic has already been used via Maven and can be embedded in Palantir
, so claims of a clean separation are misleading.
4
Palantir and Anthropic serve fundamentally different purposes
one is an operational military platform, the other builds models — so conflating them is incorrect.
5
oligarchs who own politicians
, not the Pentagon itself — tech and policy reflect donor/corporate power.
6
opt out entirely
rather than trying to influence participation.
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anti-immigrant resentment
.
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misleading headline
, pointing out there are “hundreds of programs of record” and this isn’t decisive news.
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dismissive, trolling strain
in the conversation.
Top Reactions
Most popular replies, ranked by engagement
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@code_bytein
AI race is no longer tech vs tech… its power vs principles.
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@thedevchandra
The government is buying obedience, and allegiance. Anthropic won't play.
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@benCBai
They didn't say they won't build weapons. They said they wanted to decide how the weapons were used. No one voted Dario in to run the armed forces.
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@GlobexxTrotter
Palantir is CIA grown, gets the job done. You need alignment, not rebellion in the military. It’s a free world, Anthropic can pursue its ideals, but can’t force them on the government.
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@prof_smartass
Ultimately, it's not obedience to the Pentagon, but to the oligarchs who own our politicians who set the policy the Pentagon follows.
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