Q&A with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on surveillance, AI, the future of war, data, privacy, the US military, ImmigrationOS, the DHS, ICE, the UK's IDs, and more
The tech company's C.T.O. on surveillance, A.I. and the future of war. — Few companies in Silicon Valley inspire as much paranoia as Palantir. X: @douthatnyt and @morgangress Bluesky: @drewharwell.com and @justinhendrix X: Ross Douthat / @douthatnyt : This week's Interesting Times is a conversation with Shyam Sankar, the CTO of Palantir and a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserves: https://www.nytimes.com/... Morgan Gress / @morgangress : So good, a real conversation about what @PalantirTech actually does — simplified and grounded in the tech and mission. @ssankar & @DouthatNYT don't shy away from the complex issues either (no surprise there!)👏https://www.nytimes.com / ... Bluesky: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell.com : My 'We're not building Skynet' shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt [embedded post] Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : There is a long interview with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar by columnist Ross Douthat in the Times today. “We're explicitly not building Skynet,” he reassures Douthat, in a wide ranging conversation that ranges from the company's work with ICE and Israel to Sankar's appetite for pro-American movies.