What could go wrong giving one unhinged billionaire access the the collective intelligence of multiple sovereign nations.

Nah, i fully believe they just don’t have a clue. I mean, what’s the hypothesis here, that they’re deliberately trying to fight the Antichrist alongside Thiel?

A podcast i listen to had, a few months ago, a story where a minister who was waxing lyrical about the benefits of AI and was asked something basic like about hallucinations or something and they literally never heard of them. Had no clue what the questioner was talking about

I think that’s the level that basically all politicians understand technology at

Thatcher, but it also happened elsewhere under different names, and the New Labour response to it. And then technology outstripping the intellect of politicians.

Basically the introduction of private industry deep into government became commonplace under Thatcher. Blair didn't roll it back, and transitioned labour into a party that also invited private money. It was a transformation spearheaded by one Peter Mandelson. You may know him from such hits as "My best friend is Epstein" and "I was a US ambassador".

He seems to be the the introduction conduit for companies like Palantir into government.

1970s. I wasn't alive then so I don't know what it was, probably something mi5 put in the water. But since then over 50% of all turkeys that can be bothered to vote, have chosen a pro-xmas candidate.

I always like to say that the US kept all the really shitty bit of being British.

I think we should assume they are corrupt tbh, what other possible reason could there be?

It might help that Mandelson's lobbying firm, Global Counsel, had Palantir as a client and set up a meeting with Starmer on their behalf. Obviously I'm not suggesting this wasn't entirely in the nation's interest.