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Reflections on Palantir

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1. mentalgear ◴[] No.41867601[source]
In Section 6, the author attempts to assess Palantir's moral standing, but the chosen categories—"neutral/good/gray"—reflect a biased framework. A more objective classification, like "neutral/good/bad," would have been more appropriate. This subtle shift raises questions about the methodology used to evaluate the company's ethical impact.

The introduction of "grey areas" as a distinct category seems to pre-emptively soften the possibility of negative judgments.

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2. lccerina ◴[] No.41867903[source]
They are "difficult/thorny" questions only if you want them to be like that. "Health insurance companies make difficult decisions all the time" a.k.a. do we screw up our clients manually or through AI?