Sun
Mar 8 2026
07:02 am
By: bizgrrl
As witnessed by an Alabama transplant.
If you haven’t spent much time in D.C., this might seem a bit different, perhaps because it is. The military-industrial complex isn’t some paranoid fantasy. Here, it advertises on TV and in magazines.
But especially on the Metro.
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“Physical AI commands the sky,” a banner for Applied Intuition promises next to a picture of an AI-empowered jet fighter. “Intelligent software guides autonomous systems to deliver a decisive advantage for the warfighter.”
Watch the video version here. You will see more of the military ads. You don't have to login, just hit the X to close the sign up/login window.
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