A chilling view through a window for this week's #FensterFreitag. This is in the original Auschwitz, which was an ex-army barracks repurposed as a concentration camp in 1939. Until 1942, it mostly contained Polish and Soviet prisoners, and these inmates were subject to the first, experimental gassings in 1941.

#Photography #Auschwitz #History

In October, ice agents “smashed the car windows and detained all seven occupants” of a van that they thought suspicious because people in it were going to work together. Carpooling. Carpooling is foreign and unintelligible to the brilliant and diligent ice agent who testified as JB. The concept of carpooling is beyond JB’s comprehension. 🤦‍♂️

The intellect on JB could be studied (but might make anyone studying it dumber).

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/ice-agent-court-testimony-oregon

#USpol #ice #carpool

Really wild stuff coming out of the University of Colorado from this OpenAI deal. Take this quote for instance:

«Before AI tools became ubiquitous, students and junior workers typically turned what they learned into artifacts—they would write a software function, develop a mathematical proof, draft an essay or sketch out a design... Now that AI can easily create artifacts, such outputs can no longer be considered the endpoint of mental work.»

This is how disconnected these people are from what academics, or anyone creative, actually do. I know a chatbot likely regurgitated this line, but someone chose to post it.

If that wasn't enough, OpenAI's president gave millions of dollars to Trump almost simultaneously with this deal going though at CU. It's absurdly easy to follow the money.

https://www.colorado.edu/atlas/using-ai-ethically-6-tips-incorporating-chatgpt-and-other-tools-how-we-learn-and-work

#Colorado #academia #CUBoulder #CU #Boulder #AI #OpenAI #USpol #research #noAI

RE: https://mastodon.world/@paninid/116223120900781558

Ugh, not sure whether to file this under AI Sucks or #ACAB