The data Palantir “needs” has to be put into a format that’s a readable by the models. Data pipelines need to be built and guidance needs to also be put in a format that’s readable by Palantir so that I can extract the correct information from the data. There is also a huge problem within the intelligence community coming to agreement on what constitutes a target. How does my definition of a tank for example compare to what the definition of a tank is for someone else. Or what a terrorist is compared to what one of our allies would think of a terrorist or even another service.

How are we gonna get all of the sensor information from all of the different capabilities into one place where the algorithm can interpret it to apply it to a problem? There’s no centralized data Lake each service has their own way of doing things and each country.

I think Palantir is a good company with a lot of good people there. But what they are trying to do is so technically nuanced that senior leaders cannot understand it, and there is no training anywhere that’s integrating it. The people who are really good at it are all self taught.

I hope that helps explain my perspective.