Per @PalmerLuckey@anduriltech : “the defense industry in the US is broken, there is better AI in John Deere tractors than in any US military vehicle.”
“Those who build tech for military can’t build adv software. Those who build adv software won’t for military.” #allinsummit
His thesis is Silicon Valley cares more about “mattress unicorns” than useful military solutions do to their political beliefs. Despite the fact that SV was built on military $.
“Most SV engineers don’t remember any great (military) power competition (among nations).”
Asserts tech co use their staff’s opposition to military as “a smokescreen to enter China” and access foreign funding.
“This is like GE in the build up to WWII refusing to work in the US bc they’re bullish on Japan’s economy.”
Slide reads: TOO LATE
Why too late?
“You go to war with the tools you have today… our weapons we’re giving Ukraine are from the 80’s… military spending is a deterrent… well ahead of the conflict.” @PalmerLuckey
And it’s going off the rails 😳 “they have spread lies about me for years. Being nice to a few ppl doesn’t make it up… I’ve been treated like shit for years.”
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