Inteligencia Artifecal

on the artifecal excreta, enshittification, militarization, and disastrous deepening of the alignment between the corporate technology sector and far right extremists of present day AI

Presentations:

For further reflection, please take a look at some of these sources:

• “These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models,” by Avner Gvaryahu. The Guardian, March 16, 2026, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/15/ai-defense-warfare-companies

• Tech Leaders Backing Donald Trump Presidency: Full List of Key Supporters. CNN, https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/tech-leaders-backing-trump-presidency-full-list/

• Silicon Valley comes to Washington — singing Trump’s tune, Politico, https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/04/30/silicon-valley-comes-to-washington-singing-trumps-tune-00319538.

• US tech firms secure AI deals as Trump tours Gulf states (Nvidia, Cisco, Alphabet’s Google, DataVolt, Oracle, Salesforce, Advanced Micro Devices and Uber), The Guardian May 13, 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/13/us-tech-ai-trump-gulf-tour

• How Palantir [founded by Peter Thiel], the secretive tech company, is rising in the Trump era. NPR, https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump

• ICE just ordered $30 million worth of new technology from Palantir to track immigrants. Business Insider, https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-palantir-new-technology-30-million-visa-overstays-self-deportation-2025-4

• The AI Startup Anthropic, Which Is Always Talking About How Ethical It Is, Just Partnered With Palantir, The Byte, https://futurism.com/the-byte/ethical-ai-anthropic-palantir

• How Tech Authoritarianism Becomes Reality: The End Times Fanaticism of Silicon Valley Elites, The Nerd Reich, https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-tech-authoritarianism-becomes-reality/

• Google Is Helping Government Build an AI-Powered Border Surveillance System. Futurism, https://futurism.com/google-border-surveillance

• Anthropic, Amazon, and Palantir Team Up to Bring AI to the Defense Department. Inc. https://www.inc.com/jennifer-conrad/anthropic-amazon-and-palantir-team-up-to-bring-ai-to-the-defense-department/91001401

• Meta Is Recruiting Former Pentagon Officials As It Ramps Up Military Ambitions, Forbes, https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/05/09/how-tech-leaders-can-maximize-daily-productivity-20-tested-tips/

• Elon Musk Using Private Data to Build List of People to Deport, Futurism, https://futurism.com/elon-musk-private-data-deportation

• Elon Musk Is Getting Huge New Government Deals While Everything Else Is Getting Slashed. Futurism, https://futurism.com/elon-musk-government-deals-trump-budget-slashed

• ‘How come I can’t breathe?': Musk’s data company draws a backlash in Memphis, Politico, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582

• The rise of end times fascism. Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk

• A gang leader released by Bukele reveals his pacts with the government of El Salvador, on how Carlos Cartagena López of Barrio 18 and Elmer Canales Rivera, one of the top MS-13 leaders worldwide, brought Bukele to power, El Pais,https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/a-gang-leader-released-by-bukele-reveals-his-pacts-with-the-government-of-el-salvador.html

• Las confesiones de Charli: entrevista con un líder pandillero que pactó con el Gobierno de Bukele, El Faro, https://beta.elfaro.net/las-confesiones-de-charli-entrevista-con-un-lider-pandillero-que-pacto-con-el-gobierno-de-bukele

• El Salvador has become the Cuba of the right, El Pais, https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/el-salvador-has-become-the-cuba-of-the-right.html

• Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza. The Gospel marks buildings and structures that the army claims militants operate from, Lavender marks people and puts them on a kill list.  Where’s Daddy? tracks these people, and signals to the army when they enter their family homes and bombs them. 972 Magazine. https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ and

• ‘Order from Amazon’: How tech giants are storing mass data for Israel’s war. 972 Magazine, https://www.972mag.com/cloud-israeli-army-gaza-amazon-google-microsoft/ and

• Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/israeli-military-gaza-war-microsoft and

• Israel is using an AI system to find targets in Gaza. Experts say it's just the start, Geoff Brumfiel. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1218643254/israel-is-using-an-ai-system-to-find-targets-in-gaza-experts-say-its-just-the-st

  Resources:

  Surveillance Self Defense, Electronic Frontier Foundation, https://www.eff.org/pages/surveillance-self-defense.

  Equality Labs Anti Doxxing Guide for Activists, https://www.equalitylabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EQUALITY-LABS-ANTI-DOXING-GUIDE-FOR-ACTIVISTS-3.0.pdf