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Could heinous AI companies please stop using names from the sublime Lord of the Rings?
by cmsj 2y ago
Could heinous AI companies please stop using names from the sublime Lord of the Rings?
- stevenwoo 2y agoOn the other hand, they make it easy to see them for what they are, they are not going to name themselves after Sauron after all.
- AustinDev 2y agoI don't know if this is a tongue-in-cheek joke but there is an AI security system startup named Sauron. https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20241209ny74705/sauron-launches-worlds-most-advanced-home-security-system https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20241209ny74705...
- etrautmann 2y agoThe article describes all of this
- sleepybrett 2y agoAll of these companies are founded/funded by peter thiel.
- stevenwoo 2y agoI was ignorant, but now am enlightened. I was tempted to use Nazgul instead of Sauron and realize I should have now.
- djaouen 2y agoAre... are we the baddies?!
- rich_sasha 2y agoDoes it integrate with any smart rings?
- mistrial9 2y agobeing a quiet source of inspiration does not pay as well, apparently
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI worry about Palantir’s role in unchecked mass surveillance but anduril seems necessary given how wasteful and ineffective the incumbent defense contractors are. Adversaries are going there and mutual escalation seems inevitable.
- niceice 2y ago[flagged]
- bbqfog 2y agoI'd start here: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rymy7ret6 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rymy7ret6
- XajniN 2y ago[flagged]
- anonfordays 2y agoNiceice was looking for an example where Palantir did something heinous, not an example where they did something good and righteous like in your linked source.
- geor9e 2y agoThey should use common words to express that they're defending us all, like a net, in the sky. Netsky or something.
- codr7 2y agoSkyweb maybe?
- handfuloflight 2y agoI'll be back... with more name suggestions.
- fuzzy_biscuit 2y agoAircatcher
- codr7 2y agoI think this is a good direction, less threatening. The cloud?
- petsfed 2y agoI've never made up my mind: Were Peter Thiel et al ignorant of the ethical complexity around the Palantirs, that a sufficiently powerful user could control and distort what other users saw? Or was that part of the sales pitch?
- peterbell_nyc 2y agoYou just made my day - whatever the answer :)
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