Get ready for Gideon, an AI surveillance system pitched by its former IDF developer as a “pre-crime” tool to prevent school shootings by scanning online behavior and flagging potential threats in real time.
Guest host Misty Winston and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger criticize Gideon, not only for its ties to Israeli intelligence, Palantir engineers, and law enforcement, but also by framing it as a dystopian step toward mass surveillance rather than genuine safety.
They highlight how narratives around mass shootings are used to justify intrusive technologies, linking this shift to the failures of past gun control pushes.