The Palantir Pentagon Ploy and Computational Mutual Aid With Dwayne Monroe

Dwayne Monroe returns to the program and we'll discuss a range of topics, including a new computational mutual aid project that Dwayne and others are launching. In addition, we'll discuss a recent study confirming how so-called "AI" self-degrades, and talk a little bit about Alex Karp's play for a massive infusion of pentagon dollars into the coffers of Palantir. Padlet with information and links from today's discussion: https://padlet.com/verdigris21/makc_j... Computational Mutual Aid: https://monroelab.com/2026/06/06/comp... Dwayne Monroe is a technologist with decades of experience in the US and Europe. He intimately knows how technologies the media describes as ethereal really work, where they come from, and how they are used in the multinational corporations and governments dominating our lives. He applies what he calls a Noir Marxist lens (stylistically informed by the work of Raymond Chandler, analytically informed by Marxian materialism) to dissecting the tech industry, with a special emphasis on Microsoft's plans and actions. Dwayne has been published in Logic Magazine and The Nation and maintains a blog, Computational Impacts, where he writes about the industry's latest moves and how we're affected. He is completing a book on the anti-worker purposes of AI called Attack Mannequins. To support the show please contribute to our patreon at   / millennialsarekillingcapitalism   Background photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (It is cropped and altered by adding a partly transparent Canva element visualizing a technological grid of sorts)