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We chat with friend of the show Michael Richardson\u2014author of the new book Nonhuman Witnessing\u2014about the ongoing, deepening relationships between Silicon Valley and the US military. We check up on new activities from old enemies\u2014Y Combinator, Anduril, Palantir, among others\u2014and get into the changing cultures on both sides as they converge around defense innovation as a solution for Silicon Valley\u2019s problems of needing another endless pool of capital and the Pentagon\u2019s problems of needing to maintain a dying empire and beat China in an arms race. \n\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Michael\u2019s new book \u2013 Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World https://dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing \n\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm https://www.ft.com/content/17f16071-87e0-4675-a152-6d6285b97fd5 \n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Anduril now valued at $14 billion, set to build autonomous weapons factories https://www.axios.com/2024/08/08/anduril-14-billion-autonomous-weapons\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Army chooses Palantir to build next-generation targeting system https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/03/06/army-chooses-palantir-to-build-next-generation-targeting-system/ \n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Palantir Ontology https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/ontology/overview/ \n\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \n\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.x.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.x.com/braunestahl)