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Palmer Luckey's 'I Told You So' Tour: AI Weapons and Vindication

2025/3/7
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Christopher Mims
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Palmer Luckey
创造奥库鲁斯虚拟现实头显并成立安杜瑞尔工业公司,挑战传统国防行业规范的企业家和发明家。
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Tim Higgins
一名影响力大的科技和商业记者,特别关注科技行业与政治的交叉领域。
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@Palmer Luckey : 我认为美国不应扮演世界警察的角色,而应成为世界的军火商。我们应该停止派遣士兵为其他国家的独立而牺牲,转而向他们出售自卫所需的武器,使他们成为任何人都不会轻易招惹的刺猬。这不仅适用于乌克兰或以色列等国家,也适用于中国未来可能瞄准的菲律宾、韩国、日本等国家。通过这种方式,我们可以减少在海外驻军上的开支,并将资金投入到先进弹药的生产中,这些弹药的零部件更少,更容易制造,并且可以制造出足够的数量来威慑冲突。我甚至认为,我们可以通过这种方式削减国防开支,同时获得更强的能力。我与一些共和党同僚的观点略有不同,他们认为如果我们要求其他国家将国防开支提高到GDP的5%,我们也应该达到这个水平。而我更倾向于认为,我们可以用现有或更少的开支来实现目标。 @Tim Higgins : 本期节目探讨了帕尔默·拉奇如何设想改变美国政府的国家安全方法,从世界警察转变为世界军火商。我们讨论了他对特朗普政府的看法,以及他对埃隆·马斯克在政府效率方面的努力的看法。我们还探讨了他对虚拟现实和战争融合的看法,以及他的观点与马斯克的努力如何相符。 @Christopher Mims : 我们讨论了帕尔默·拉奇的公司Anduril最近接管了微软与军队签订的价值220亿美元的VR头显开发合同。我们还探讨了Anduril在俄亥俄州建设新制造工厂的计划,以及他们为美国空军建造自主战斗机的项目。此外,我们还讨论了美国在小型无人机市场上与中国的竞争,以及美国国防部对帕尔默·拉奇关于国家安全政策的评论的回应。

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An introduction to Palmer Luckey, his background, and his influence in the defense industry, especially through his company Anduril.
  • Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR and sold it to Facebook.
  • He now leads Anduril, a company focused on high-tech weapons.
  • Luckey's appearance and political affiliations are unconventional for Silicon Valley.
  • Anduril is taking over a significant military contract from Microsoft.

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Palmer Luckey, the founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril, was part of a minority in the tech sector that supported President Trump during his first run at the White House. Now, Luckey wields influence in both Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.–and he’s using it to secure U.S. military contracts while trying to remake the government’s approach to national security. Luckey speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins in the latest episode of our interview series Bold Names.

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