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Palantir CEO Alexander Karp\u2019s book The Technological Republic advocates for Western \u2018hard power \u2026 built on software\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A book coauthored by a cofounder of Palantir, a leading defence and intelligence software firm in the United States, has prompted outcry from detractors who say it lays out a \u201cmanifesto\u201d for the weaponisation of artificial intelligence by the US and its allies.<\/p>\n Palantir, which has multibillion-dollar contracts with multiple US government agencies, including the US Army, and partnerships with the Israeli military, recently summarised the key arguments of The Technological Republic \u2013 written by the company\u2019s chief executive, Alexander Karp, and Nicholas W Zamiska, the head of its corporate affairs \u2013 in a post on X.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n The book argues that leading US tech firms have a \u201cmoral debt\u201d to the United States, which needs \u201chard power\u201d fuelled by cutting-edge software to maintain global dominance.<\/p>\n \u201cIf a US Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software,\u201d Palantir wrote in the summary of the book.<\/p>\n It also contends that future deterrence will be based on AI, not nuclear power, and that US adversaries will not hesitate to build AI weapons. \u201cThe question is not whether AI weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose,\u201d the company said in its summary.<\/p>\n The framing drew sharp criticism from academics and commentators.<\/p>\n Mark Coeckelbergh, a Belgian philosopher of technology who teaches at the University of Vienna, described the message as an \u201cexample of technofascism\u201d.<\/p>\n Greek economist and former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Palantir had effectively signalled a willingness \u201cto add to nuclear Armageddon the AI-driven threat to humanity\u2019s existence\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAI-powered killer robots are coming,\u201d wrote Varoufakis on X.<\/p>\n Palantir\u2019s summary of the book also argues the US and its Western partners should resist \u201ca vacant and hollow pluralism\u201d, claiming \u201csome cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional\u201d.<\/p>\n Entrepreneur and geopolitical commentator Arnaud Bertrand said the message reveals a dangerous \u201cideological agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re effectively saying \u2018our tools aren\u2019t meant to serve your foreign policy. They\u2019re meant to enforce ours,\u201d said Bertrand in a post on X.<\/p>\n Bertrand also pointed to the book\u2019s argument that \u201cthe postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone\u201d, an allusion to the two states\u2019 historically restrained defence postures resulting from the second world war.<\/p>\n He said Palantir\u2019s motivation to \u201coverturn the security architecture of two continents\u201d is both commercial and ideological.<\/p>\n \u201cA remilitarised Germany and Japan are massive new defense-software markets,\u201d said Bertrand. \u201cBut the more troubling answer is that [it] fits into the ideological project the rest of the manifesto lays out \u2013 a civilisational contest requires a consolidated Western bloc, and pacifist members are a liability in such a contest.\u201d<\/p>\n On top of its ties to the US government, Palantir contracts with numerous foreign government agencies, including Israel\u2019s military, to which it has provided technology during Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n In a statement to Al Jazeera earlier this year, Palantir UK reiterated the company\u2019s support for Israel, and the country\u2019s broader alliance with \u201cthe West\u201d.<\/p>\n Bertrand said: \u201cEvery government still running Palantir software in its intelligence, security, or public-service infrastructure needs to start ripping it out, now!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLest they want to be embarked on the delusional and deeply destructive clash-of-civilizations crusade Palantir has now openly committed itself to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Palantir CEO Alexander Karp\u2019s book The Technological Republic advocates for Western \u2018hard power \u2026 built on software\u2019. 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