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Comment by i_love_retros | Hacker News Reader

down voted by all the tech bro billionaire wannabes on hackernews

no british person would down vote this - at least not one with any integrity

Or, the non politicized take is that they think the software could improve the data landscape of the NHS, which, if we are bring honest, has a lot of room for improvement.

I am an American so the plight of the NHS has no direct impact on me, but I'd argue that Palantir is a fundamentally political company and thus there is no room for non-politicized takes.

Have you used Palantir or know the infra on how it provides services? Or just giving sound bites you’ve read on media?

You can mandate an installation on self managed infra. We install / use it on a completely self managed cloud install with pretty solid exfiltration protections. It’s a data platform, provides interesting connections in the data. But that’s where its utility ends.

Do they work with US defense and govt? Sure they do. But you don’t have to share your data outside of your cloud infra.

What I am talking about has nothing to do with their technology. To know Palantir is an inherently political company you just need to hear Alex Karp speak.

They’re all political animals. Alex karp Is just gunning for a bigger share of the govt and defense data market.

When you read the Anthropic and DoD (or DoW) saga, Anthropic ceo was happy to provide exceptions for use of clause.

An almost literal "No True Scotsman" fallacy, IRL.

Boring comment. Let’s say things that add value to the conversation please.

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