A weird statement to make, given that the jury is still very much out as to whether any technology currently on deck (or even reasonably foreseeable) actually q

A weird statement to make, given that the jury is still very much out as to whether any technology currently on deck (or even reasonably foreseeable) actually qualifies as artificial "intelligence" in any meaningful sense. By and large, it's still mostly data mining, automated classification, that kind of stuff. Like the article itself says: Palantir Technologies, which has made the CNBC Disruptor 50 list for three consecutive years, helps government agencies and Wall Street firms mine data sets for practical applications — from thwarting terrorism to preventing financial fraud.