Browsing this company's website and the only way I can describe what I'm seeing is imagine a school shooter was a management consultant

Painting showing the same view of a park with grass, trees and figures at five different times of thecl day and night in twenty four hours

Emma Haworth
"One Day To The Next", 2019
UK painter #Womensart
#Monday

there's method in their madness

Alles, was hinter einer Trafostation liegt, ist ein Netz. Innerhalb des Netzes gleichen sich Produktion und Verbrauch sofort aus. Gibt es eine Differenz, wird sie aus der Trafostation geholt. Wird jedoch im Netz mehr produziert als verbraucht, dann steigt die lokale Spannung.

Wait what? How do they "force" AI usage?

Kulturinstitutionen warnen vor nationalistisch ausgerichteter Kulturpolitik in Sachsen-Anhalt Gemeinsame Erklärung zum Regierungsprogramm der AfD Sachsen-Anhalt für die Landtagswahl 2026

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[I Am The Corporal Of My Soul, by Morris Bishop, BOTD in 1893]

On Doing Conspiracy Theory: we have published a programmatic article on the reconstruction of conspiracy theory knowledge in the latest issue of the Journal of Political Sociology (OA):
journalofpoliticalsociology.org/article/view...

Cover des Sammelbandes »Posthumane Verflechtungen. Lyrik im Technozän«, hg. von Antje Schmidt, unter Mitarbeit von Anna Hofman

Der Band widmet sich der Frage, wie Lyrik des 21. Jahrhunderts menschliche, technische und ökologische Verflechtungen sichtbar macht. Im Zentrum stehen Themen, Formen und Traditionen einer Lyrik im Technozän - jener andauernden Epoche, in der Technologien die Umwelt tiefgreifend verändern. Das Themenspektrum reicht von den ökologischen Auswirkungen von KI-Systemen bis zur allgegenwärtigen Verbreitung von Mikroplastik in Ozeanen und Körpern.

Wie reagiert die Lyrik auf unsere technologisch unübersichtliche und ökologisch fragile Gegenwart? Unser komparatistischer Sammelband zu dieser Frage ist für Sommer bei @degruyterbrill.bsky.social angekündigt!

Tausend Dank für dem Hinweis! Wunderbar, dass es einen Livestream gibt!

Also literally me tomorrow!

Schlafen? In this economy?

kommt hin, nur in der regel ohne hut :-)

Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice These might be boilerplate disclaimers, but they kind of contradict the company's ads and marketing. . 23 hours ago PCMag Copilot Terms Claim Microsoft's AI Is for 'Entertainment Purposes Only' The update flew under the radar, but cropped up on social media this week, with some users noting that the disclosure is similar to what you... . 11 hours ago XDA Microsoft quietly buried 'for entertainment purposes only' in Copilot's Terms of Use It feels like AI companies have two contradictory masks they try to wear at the same time. The first is the one you see in the... . 18 hours ago The Register Even Microsoft knows Copilot shouldn't be trusted with anything important A recent surge of interest in Microsoft's Terms of Use for Copilot is a reminder that AI helpers are really just a bit of fun.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES & WARNINGS Copilot may include advertising. Copilot may include both automated and manual (human) processing of data. You shouldn’t share any information with Copilot that you don’t want us to review. We plan to continue to develop and improve Copilot, but we make no guarantees or promises about how Copilot will operate or that it will operate as intended. Sometimes, we may offer certain features or services as part of “Copilot Labs.” These features and services are highly experimental and may not always work as intended. We may add, modify, or remove features or services from Copilot Labs at any time for any reason. We may limit the speed or performance of Copilot as we think necessary. When you request that Copilot take Actions on your behalf, you are solely responsible for those Actions and any results or consequences. Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk. WITHOUT LIMITING SECTION 12 OF THE MICROSOFT SERVICES AGREEMENT IN ANY WAY, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND ABOUT COPILOT. For example, we can’t promise that any Copilot’s Responses won’t infringe someone else’s rights (like their copyrights, trademarks, or rights of privacy) or defame them. You are solely responsible if you choose to publish or share Copilot’s Responses publicly or with any other person. You agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless (including our affiliates, employees and any other agents) from and against any claims, losses, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising from or relating to your use of Copilot, including without limitation your use, sharing, or publication of any Prompt, Responses, or Creations, or your breach of these Terms or violation of applicable law.

Microsoft CoPilot isn't meant for real work. Even Microsoft says so.

Any university that pushes it as an analysis tool needs to wake up.

Endlich ist unser neues Forum für Literatur, Künste und Medien der Gegenwart online! Ein Verteiler ist im Entstehen. Ab Semesterbeginn gibt's die ersten Veranstaltungen... uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Und, immer:

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.

Das SoSe steht vor der Tür und die Lehrvorbereitung nimmt Fahrt auf. Die Vorlesung "Media of Extinction. Medientheorie und -ästhetik im Nekrozän" versteht sich als Verschränkung zweier meiner aktuellen Schwerpunkte: Tech-Faschismus und Extraktivismus.

Zur Ankündigung: tinyurl.com/2nhndej6

WikiHow: Image is a sad looking dude looking in a mirror. Topic: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH » PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE: How to Get Through Tough Times "1. Blame Luther . He did a nominalism. He did a subjective faith. He did an antinomianism that led to Walmart."

Das Programm für den 16. SKK steht. Wer nun neugierig geworden ist, kann sich noch bis zum 12.04.2026 per Mail als Zuhörer:in anmelden ✨ (Part 1/2)

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

AI's aesthetics of failure On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop

OpenAI's Sora and Meta's metaverse were shuttered the same week. Both were defined by an aesthetic that embodies Silicon Valley's current project: to undermine labor, replace art + lived experience with digital facsimiles, and extract value at any cost. And users recoiled at the mere sight of them.

AI chatbots agree with users 49% more often than humans do — even when users are being deceptive or harmful. A new Science paper shows this "sycophancy" isn't a quirk. It's a design choice, and it has real consequences. 1/5

Drei Jahrzehnte neoliberaler Reformen haben nahezu alle Strukturen staatlicher Vorsorge an den Rand des Kollaps gebracht. Aber wer ist konkret daran schuld? Überraschung: Es sind die Ausländer

Cover des Bandes "Außenseiterschaft". Man sieht zudem die Skizze eines männlichen Kopfes und Oberkörpers (Künstler Klaus Maßem)

NEUERSCHEINUNG

"Außenseiterschaft. Literatur- und- und kulturwissenschaftliche Reflexionen des Außer-Ordentlichen"

Literatur lebt in ihren Geschichten von Grenzgängern, Eigenbrötlern, Nonkonformisten und Sonderlingen.

Links: Wie die erste weibliche Bürgermeisterin von Paris, Anne Hidalgo im Jahr 2014 ins Rathaus eingezogen ist.

Rechts: wie sie es heute, 12 Jahre später wieder verlässt😍

Hidalgo hat Paris revolutioniert. Möge die Revolution unbeirrt. weiter gehen❤️🙏

wenig hat der Wissenschaft so geschadet wie die Übernahme einer hyperindividualisiert-neoliberalen Anreizstruktur, die allein mit der Logik eines (weitgehend imaginären) Konkurrenzdrucks operiert.. Damit verschenkt man - auch, aber nicht zuletzt - jeden politischen Hebel.

I have another history joke, but I hate repeating it.

You can't have Cuba until you finish your Iran. And you've barely touched your Venezuela. Finish your Iran and Venezuela before you even think about having some Cuba. And weren't you trying to save space for Greenland? Where are you planning to put all these countries?

Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman. The text in the Tweet says: SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.