The Panopticon Is Here: How the US Government Built an AI Superweapon

resters 14 points 7 comments March 01, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

Ancalagon

1984 but real. Can we just speedrun Fahrenheit 451 already? Just rip that bandaid off I don’t want my kids living through that…

lich_king

This appears to be an AI article designed to get clicks. I get that it says something we like, but you're literally upvoting someone for typing in a clickbaity prompt.

samename

I'm against surveillance as much as anyone else, but this article is clearly entirely AI written. I suggest the author just give us their prompt instead.

CrzyLngPwd

Contrary to the other opinions, I don't get any indications that the article is written by AI, and the normally very reliable Hive AI doesn't detect the article as AI either.

samrus

I dont get the compaliants about this being AI written, andnencouraging to flag it. Its a fine article that cites its sources. Doesnt seem to be AI, nothing wrong with it

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