Society should abandon the all-volunteer army and only enter the next war if everyone shares the risk and the cost, writes Alex Karp / Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The era of nuclear deterrence has come to an end, the era of AI deterrence is coming, Palantir believes. The company published a brief for the book "Technological Revolution" by its CEO Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamisky on social network X. Oninvest publishes it without abbreviations.
The era of AI deterrence
- Silicon Valley owes a debt of gratitude to the country that made its rise possible. Silicon Valley's engineering elite should be directly involved in the defense of the state.
- We need to rebel against the tyranny of apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creation, if not the crowning achievement of civilization? This object has changed our lives, but it may now be limiting our view of what is possible.
- Free e-mail [technological convenience - Oninvest note] is not enough. The decline of a culture or civilization - and in particular its ruling class - can only be forgiven if that culture is capable of providing economic growth and security for society.
- The limitations of soft power, of lofty speeches alone, have become apparent. The ability of free and democratic societies to win requires more than moral appeal. It requires "hard power," and in the twenty-first century that power will be built on software.
The question is not whether AI-based weapons will be created; the question is who will create them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause theatrically for ostentatious discussions about the benefits of technologies critical to national security. They will act.
- Serving the country should become a universal obligation. Society should seriously consider abandoning the all-volunteer army and only enter the next war if everyone shares the risk and the cost.
- If a U.S. Marine asks for a better weapon, we must build it; the same applies to software. We must be able to continue to debate the appropriateness of military action overseas while remaining steadfast in our support for those who have been sent into danger zones.
- Government employees don't have to be our "priests." Any business that paid employees the same way the federal government pays government employees would have a hard time surviving.
- We need to be much more lenient with those who have chosen public life. The complete disappearance of the space for forgiveness - a refusal to tolerate the complexity and contradictions of human nature - can lead to figures in power that we will later regret.
- The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to politics for nourishment of the soul and self-identity, who overproject their inner world onto people they will never meet, will be disappointed.
- Our society has become too eager to destroy its opponents and often rejoices in it. Victory over an opponent is a reason to stop, not to rejoice.
- The nuclear age is coming to an end. The era of deterrence based on nuclear weapons is coming to an end, and a new one - based on AI - is beginning.
- No country in history has promoted progressive values more than ours. The United States is far from perfect. But it's easy to forget how much more opportunity there is here for people outside the hereditary elites than in any other country.
- American power has ensured an unusually long period of peace. Many people have forgotten, or take for granted, that for almost a century there has been no war between great powers in the world. For at least three generations - billions of people, their children and now their grandchildren - have never known a world war.
- The postwar "de-weakening" of Germany and Japan must be reconsidered. The weakening of Germany proved to be an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. Such a largely demonstrative commitment to Japanese pacifism, if maintained, could change the balance of power in Xi.
- Those who try to create where the market has failed should be supported. The culture almost scoffs at Elon Musk's pursuit of the "grand narrative" as if billionaires should only be concerned with their own enrichment. Any sincere attention to the value of what he has created is virtually ignored or hidden under a cloak of disdain.
- Silicon Valley needs to get involved in solving the problem of violent crime. Many politicians in the U.S. have effectively self-involved themselves in this topic, refusing to make serious attempts to address it and avoiding risking voters or donors for solutions and experiments that could save lives.
- The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures has pushed too many talented people away from public service. The public space - with its superficial and petty attacks on those who dare to do something more than just make money - has become so ruthless that the republic is left with a large number of ineffective and empty figures whose ambitions could be forgiven if they had a genuine belief system behind them.
- The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is demoralizing. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing meaningful.
- The intolerance of religious beliefs prevalent in some quarters must be overcome. The elite's intolerance of religion is one of the most telling signs that its political project is a less open intellectual movement than is commonly claimed.
Some cultures have produced major achievements; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are proclaimed equal, and criticism and value judgments are forbidden. This new dogma ignores the fact that some cultures and subcultures have produced outstanding achievements, while others have been mediocre or even harmful.
- We must resist the superficial temptation of empty and contentless pluralism. In the U.S. and more broadly in the West, the last half-century has seen the avoidance of defining national culture in the name of inclusiveness. But the question arises: inclusiveness in the name of what?
The opinions of the authors of the book may not coincide with those of the editors
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