Army has gone full retard
Totenkopf means Death's Head
The Afrika Korps had the palm tree
Purge, lowered enlistment standards, who knows the full extent of the damage
I recall a freak out by iirc Sarah Silverman about "OMG swastikas painted on NYC streets" that in reality were locate markings for utility lines
Amazing how liberals can see nazi symbols everywhere but on the guys in the Azov Battalion
Ben Fulford is a flake and is even less notable than RRN
Canada #55 >>20642357
NSF Paid Universities To Develop AI Censorship Tools For Social Media
by Tyler Durden Wednesday, Mar 27, 2024 - 09:40 PM By Daniel Nuccio of The College Fix
"Used by governments and Big Tech to shape public opinion by restricting certain viewpoints or promoting others’: report
The National Science Foundation is paying universities using taxpayer money to create AI tools that can be used to censor Americans on various social media platforms, according to members of the House.
University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and MIT are among the universities cited in the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government interim report.
It details the foundation’s “funding of AI-powered censorship and propaganda tools, and its repeated efforts to hide its actions and avoid political and media scrutiny.”
“NSF has been issuing multi-million-dollar grants to university and non-profit research teams” for the purpose of developing AI-powered technologies “that can be used by governments and Big Tech to shape public opinion by restricting certain viewpoints or promoting others,” states the report, released last month.
Funding for the projects began in 2021 and was issued through the NSF’s Convergence Accelerator grant program, which was initially launched in 2019 to develop interdisciplinary solutions to major challenges of national and societal importance such as those pertaining to AI and quantum technology, it states.
In 2021, however, the NSF introduced “Track F: Trust & Authenticity in Communication Systems.”
The NSF’s 2021 Convergence Accelerator program solicitation stated the goal of Track F projects was to “develop prototype(s) of novel research platforms forming integrated collection(s) of tools, techniques, and educational materials and programs to support increased citizen trust in public information of all sorts (health, climate, news, etc.), through more effectively preventing, mitigating, and adapting to critical threats in our communications systems.”
Specifically, the grant solicitation singled out the threats posed by hackers and misinformation.
That September, the select subcommittee report notes, the NSF awarded “twelve Track F teams $750,000 each (a total of $9 million) to develop and refine their project ideas and build partnerships.” The following year, the NSF selected six of the 12 teams to receive an additional $5 million each for their respective projects, according to the report.
Projects from the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, MIT, and Meedan, a nonprofit that specializes in developing software to counter misinformation, are highlighted by the select subcommittee.
Collectively, these four projects received $13 million from the NSF, it states.
“The University of Michigan intended to use the federal funding to develop its tool ‘WiseDex,’ which could use AI technology to assess the veracity of content on social media and assist large social media platforms with what content should be removed or otherwise censored,” it states.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Course Correct, which was featured in an article from The College Fix last year, was “intended to aid reporters, public health organizations, election administration officials, and others to address so-called misinformation on topics such as U.S. elections and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.”
MIT’s Search Lit, as described in the select subcommittee’s report, was developed as an intervention to help educate groups of Americans the researchers believed were most vulnerable to misinformation such as conservatives, minorities, rural Americans, older adults, and military families.
Meedan, according to its website, used its funding to develop “easy-to-use, mobile-friendly tools [that] will allow AAPI [Asian-American and Pacific Islander] community members to forward potentially harmful content to tiplines and discover relevant context explainers, fact-checks, media literacy materials, and other misinformation interventions.”
According to the select committee’s report, “Once empowered with taxpayer dollars, the pseudo-science researchers wield the resources and prestige bestowed upon them by the federal government against any entities that resist their censorship projects.”
“In some instances,” the report states, “if a social media company fails to act fast enough to change a policy or remove what the researchers perceive to be misinformation on its platform, disinformation researchers will issue blogposts or formal papers to ‘generate a communications moment’ (i.e., negative press coverage) for the platform, seeking to coerce it into compliance with their demands.”
Efforts were made via email to contact senior members of the three university research teams, as well as a representative from Meedan, regarding the portrayal of their work in the select subcommittee’s report.
Paul Resnick, who serves as the WiseDex project director at the University of Michigan, referred The College Fix to the WiseDex website.
“Social media companies have policies against harmful misinformation. Unfortunately, enforcement is uneven, especially for non-English content,” states the site. “WiseDex harnesses the wisdom of crowds and AI techniques to help flag more posts [than humans can]. The result is more comprehensive, equitable, and consistent enforcement, significantly reducing the spread of misinformation.”
A video on the site presents the tool as a means to help social media sites flag posts that violate platform policies and subsequently attach warnings to or remove the posts. Posts portraying approved COVID-19 vaccines as potentially dangerous are used as an example.
Michael Wagner from the University of Wisconsin-Madison also responded to The Fix, writing, “It is interesting to be included in a report that claims to be about censorship when our project censors exactly no one.”
According to the select subcommittee report, some of the researchers associated with Track F and similar projects, however, privately acknowledged efforts to combat misinformation were inherently political and a form of censorship.
Yet, following negative coverage of Track F projects, depicting them as politically motivated and their products as government-funded censorship tools, the report notes, the NSF began discussing media and outreach strategy with grant recipients.
Notes from a pair of Track F media strategy planning sessions included in Appendix B of the select subcommittee’s report recommended researchers, when interacting with the media, focus on the “pro-democracy” and “non-ideological” nature of their work, “Give examples of both sides,” and “use sports metaphors.”
The select subcommittee report also highlights that there were discussions of having a media blacklist, although at least one researcher from the University of Michigan objected to this, citing the potential optics.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nsf-paid-universities-develop-ai-censorship-tools-social-media
Did they decide the illegals were cheaper or just plain not offer the jobs to any crackers in Baltimore to start with because Diversity credits?
Just what does the auto sear look like for a Glock conversion?
The funniest part:
The City said that machine guns have become “a weapon of choice for criminals in Chicago.”
Al Capone, Bugsy Malone, and of course Machine Gun Kelley
The Thompson is what made the 20s roar
I'm saving my cash for the coming estate sale competitions as the vaxxies start dropping in quantity
The DALI's black box has missing sensor data because of the power failure, the bridge voice part is there, but has a bunch of background noise.
I begin to think DCDraino is the type that will still try to microwave popcorn after a storm takes the house power out
SMDH
Boatfag calling bullshit:
what we know so far…
<1) the MV Dali was out of the channel the entire way in to the bridge
Negative, and vessel track may be viewed on maritime sites
<2) the entire crew and officers were taken shopping at walmart prior to the "attack"
Also negative, the crew had bought shit before the day of sailing, the Walmart trip was the captain and one crewmen sent to pick up some things, this was AFTER the collision
3) the ship's black box was seized
They are called the NTSB
4) O'Biden announces within the first six hours that the feds will pay for the rebuild in it's entirety
This I saw, makes me wonder if all the other port projects will get defunded to do Baltimore
5) the CORRUPT FBI STATES UNEQUIVICALLY THIS WAS NOT A TERRORIST ATTACK
Power issues onboard days prior might have given them a hint
6) while the entire Indian crew and officers were shopping at walmart, someone infiltrated the ship to install GPS hacking devices, the Dali was not, at anytime, in the channel. even while a qualified Pilot was on duty.
Entire crew was not gone, there is ALWAYS a brow watch, GPS hackers would accomplish nothing as those ships don't work that way, VESSEL TRACK AVAILABLE ON THE MARITIME SITES INDEED SHOW DALI IN THE CHANNEL UNDER JUST BEFORE COLLISION
<7) and then there is the power outages onboard… and the failure to "drop anchor"
Again, ship reported to have power issues days prior to departure
<8) this is a major disruption of service for the american military. no military vessels are moving, none. this was a planned military attack on the military infrastructure located in that area
No warships are there, only the logistics ships that are normally on reduced readiness anyway
<9) the entire dangerous / hazardous goods no longer has a safe route of passage. expect foreign born truckers and contractors to break the hazardous goods rules by using tunnels & smaller containers on standard road ways
All speculation
<10) we now have toxic chemicals being spilled in the river…
I have no word of water samples having been taken to identify what the visible sheen is composed of, but yes part of her cargo manifest does include HAZMAT
<11) this was a planned O'Biden operation.
Again, speculation
Yes, battery back up is why bridge audio is present, sensor data is missing because of the power failure. I have been on ship courtesy of USN and know sensors don't work without power
Russian Warships Enter the Red Sea
Bloomberg March 28, 2024
Russian warships from the Pacific Fleet have crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea, the state-run Tass news agency said, venturing into a maritime region plagued by Houthi attacks and crowded with naval vessels.
The detachment included the missile cruiser Varyag and frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, Tass reported Thursday, citing the Russian Pacific Fleet’s press service, which said the ships were carrying out “assigned tasks within the framework of the long-range sea campaign.” The ultimate destination of the ships was unclear from the report, as was the reason Russia sent vessels to the area.
For months, the Yemen-based Houthis have carried out a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea in retaliation for Israel’s military actions in Gaza, forcing many ships to redirect their journeys. The group told China and Russia earlier this month that their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked. In exchange, the two countries may provide political support to the Houthis in bodies such as the United Nations Security Council, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s discussions.
The Houthis, an Islamist group, say they’re targeting ships linked to Israel, the US and UK. Yet, they appear to have mis-identified some vessels. Missiles exploded near a ship hauling Russian oil near Yemen in late January. It happened days after a spokesman for the Houthis told a Russian newspaper that Russian and Chinese merchant ships needn’t fear attacks.
The Houthis also fired a missile at Chinese-owned oil tanker Huang Pu on Saturday, US Central Command said, highlighting continued risks to shipping in the seas off Yemen despite the agreement.
Since the attacks started, most Western shipping firms have avoided the strait and are instead going around southern Africa. However, US and UK warships in the Red Sea have been hitting Houthi targets in Yemen for weeks in an attempt to deter the militant group from attacks on merchant vessels, while Iran, which supports the Houthis, has a spy ship just outside the Red Sea. A French ship is also nearby.
Earlier this month, Iran, Russia and China held joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. Both the Varyag and Marshal Shaposhnikov took part in the drills, which Russia said were meant to practice “safety in maritime economic activities,” including liberating ships hijacked by pirates.
Russia has also sought a naval base on the Red Sea in Sudan, though a civil conflict in that country may put back those plans.
https://gcaptain.com/russian-warships-enter-the-red-sea/
Hey Media Matters muh joo shill
Did your son wear a sports bra for the occasion or a traditional underwire?
Another alleged quote from another nobody
Three questions:
Who is Diddy being sacrificed to protect?
Is there a betting pool on when/where Diddly "suicides?"
Why has Black Lives Matter not done anything?