Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions my own; not speaking for my employer. 13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, 26.2🏃♂️✅
There’s no “policy” behind this. It’s just racism-fed cruelty… and it turns out unsurprisingly that is disastrously bad for the economy to boot
Emily GuskinOn Monday evening, Haitian workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport burst into tears as they were asked to turn in their badges. Marlene, 47, a single mother who has worked as an airport janitor for 12 years, said she has been sick to her stomach.
Rely on text and image extruders, aka chatbots, end up looking like an incompetent loser. Come to think of it, even if you get away with it (cuz you got lucky and the model got it right), if you rely on them, you are an incompetent loser.
Ian Carrillo"A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Saw this segment while watching the NewsHour tonight. Terrible… but then… good *exposure* a) of this admin’s pathetic incompetence, b) of the pathetic uselessness of these genAI products. Also good: @pbsnews.org’s editorial choice to include this story.
PBS NewsThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Also, “Impending”?
Matthew J KuiperWe can hope that, someday soon, this will end up being *the* case study of SUPPLY (having been decided for us, over-hyped, and then dumped/forced on us everywhere while so much about the products was experimental and clearly harmful) where there was no real DEMAND. Article link below.
IMO, “Krautwickel” gets the best name for this dish prize
SatorareIn Germany it's called Kohlroulade (north) or Krautwickel (south).
“As a librarian, I think it’s important to see this as…helping people reclaim their autonomy over whether they want to use AI tools,” Bailey said. “It’s important, especially when it can be so difficult not to use them, and when the design seems to force adoption” Librarians to the rescue (again)
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunchAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.techcrunch.comI really enjoyed this. Recommended. “What I object to more than anything else is having those tools constantly thrown in your face, trying to force you to use them. If they’re so great, why do we need the constant coercion? Why is it often made so hard to simply say, “No thanks”?”
IlluminatusSeeing as I appear on a couple of Bluesky lists accusing me of it, I thought I'd better mention a few salient things.
I’m from Michigan… no, I don’t think they’re “making fun of Michigan”
Howard Mortman"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens