I write about AI and Geopolitics
Part 2.6 of 5: The Human Data Cabal Series – Special Report 72 hours ago, we documented how Palantir’s surveillance infrastructure went operational with $113 million in new government contracts, creating unprecedented access to your tax records, Social Security number, bank accounts, and immigration data. 48 hours ago, a very public feud erupted between Donald … Read more
Part 2.5 of 5: The Human Data Cabal Series – Special Report In the 48 hours since we examined how influence operations work in theory, the U.S. government just handed a private company access to your tax records, Social Security number, bank accounts, and immigration data. All of it. In real-time. The numbers tell the … Read more
The Four Pillars: How the Influence Machine Actually Works Yesterday, we met Clay Montgomery, the Texas blacksmith who discovered his business was secretly enlisted in Big Tech’s political army. His story revealed the misdirection of our time: while we fear artificial intelligence, human intelligence is quietly taking control of our democratic institutions. But how exactly … Read more
The Greatest Misdirection of Our Time The Blacksmith Who Never Joined Big Tech’s Army Clay Montgomery owns a blacksmith shop in Texas. He works with his hands, shaping metal into useful objects the old-fashioned way. Technology, as he puts it, “is not exactly my forte.” So Montgomery was understandably confused when he discovered his business … Read more
Introduction When a self-driving car recognizes a stop sign or when facial recognition software identifies a person in a crowd, the technology appears seamlessly automated. Yet behind these AI marvels lies an invisible workforce of human laborers who painstakingly labeled millions of images, videos, and data points to train these systems. In India and the … Read more