#1721 The Evolution of the Military Industrial Complex: Now with AI!
Episode description
Air Date 7/9/2025
It's an old joke that "military intelligence" is a good example of an oxymoron so I just asked an AI chatbot to finish a joke about what a military becomes when they implement artificial intelligence. It said, "an oxymoron squared - or as the generals call it, "strategically enhanced stupidity with a confidence interval of 95%" which is not funny but still managed to be pretty on point regarding the dangers of overconfidence that inevitably follows from the implementation of new technology.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Empire of AI w/ Karen Hao - Why Is This Happening - Air Date 6-3-25
KP 2: The REAL Reason Investors Are Going All In on Palantir - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-24-25
KP 3: The New Military Industry Complex w Sam Biddle Part 1- Tech Won't Save Us - Air Date 6-5-25
KP 4: Jeff Hauser on DOGE After Musk, Katya Schwenk on Boeing Deal - CounterSpin - Air Date 6-6-25
(00:55:20) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the coming merger between big tech and the military
DEEPER DIVES
(01:00:39) SECTION A: SURVEILLANCE
(01:32:18) SECTION B: MILITARIZED CAPITALISM
(02:01:38) SECTION C: COMPANIES VS REGULATION
(02:29:40) SECTION D: HUMAN DRAIN
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Photo of the Palantir logo with snow on it on the Palantir pavilion facade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Credit: “Palantir pavilion, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland” by Cory Doctorow, Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Slightly cropped
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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