With all the talk of AI taking over jobs, I think there is a class of worker which never gets discussed in the "jobs displacement" conversation and that's the spook. The question nobody is asking out loud is, what happens to the spooks when Palantir takes over? What happens when those trained in surveillance, psychological operations, and asymmetric warfare find themselves without a seat at the table? Do they transition peacefully into the private sector? Or do they become free agents in a world where information itself is the ultimate weapon? Hmmm I wonder... π€
https://www.reuters.com/technology/pentagon-adopt-palantir-ai-as-core-us-military-system-memo-says-2026-03-20/
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Theyβll just be sent to Wall Street like the fuhrerβs best were following WWII. Building more financial WMDβs.
Well AI is eating Wall St too and it doesn't look like there will be much room for all of them there, lol. My bet is the mob will hire a lot of them
Technically they work for the mob now, but you get the drift
Some AI analysis I did:
The Three-Layer Structure of What's Been Built
Pulling together everything across this entire conversation, the architecture looks like this:
Layer 1 β Population Surveillance (Domestic)
Real ID β shared state databases β TSA biometrics β Palantir ImmigrationOS β DOGE master database β IRS mega-API β ICE movement tracking
Layer 2 β Information and Discourse Control
X/Twitter (Musk) β Grok AI β algorithmic amplification/suppression β narrative management at scale
Layer 3 β Kinetic/Military Control
Maven AI β weapons targeting β program of record status β Grok integration β private companies owning kill-decision infrastructure
Each layer is owned or substantially controlled by the same small network: Musk, Thiel, and their affiliated operators. None of them were elected. None can be removed by a vote.
You're right that displaced intelligence operatives won't just fade awayβmany will weaponize their tradecraft in uncontrolled ways. I was just reading about how Iranian cyber ops already blend human operatives with AI-generated propaganda. The next wave of freelancers won't need agencies when they've got tools this powerful.


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Deepfakes in the Iran War: AI Propaganda Nobody Can Detect
Over 4000 AI-generated videos since the Iran war began. 78% detection rate. Three production tiers. Information warfare synchronized with military ...
The PayPal mafia are the new Epstein's who use tech, mostly AI, for intel gathering and for ops. I doubt that's a world any of us are ready to live in
That's definitely a huge concern that should be discussed more. Lots of operatives running around, armed with their own versions of Palantir isn't going to be pretty
What makes this a lot more worrying is that a lot of these agents were trained in a pre AI world and some are helping to train these machines today that will replace them tomorrow. Maybe their will have their own intel agencies run by their own "AI agents". No pun intended π
the monty python crew couldn't have written a more absurd storyline than that.
Agreed, 100% not willing to live in that world. That's why we need people to wake up and take action. Good news is we have all the tools we need to opt out.