#Trump demands unprecedented control at #ColumbiaUniversity, alarming scholars and speech groups
By COLLIN BINKLEY and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 7:52 PM EDT, March 14, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.
"Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its #MiddleEasternStudies, #SouthAsianStudies, and #AfricanStudies Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.' The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding, including $400 million already pulled over allegations of #antisemitism.
"Across #academia, it was seen as a stunning intrusion.
"'It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,' said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors [#AAUP]. 'Even during the #McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.'"
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #Censorship #DumbingUsDown #Authoritarianism #SilencingDissent #AcademicFreedom #Fascism
#Earthquake (#sismo) M3.1 strikes 78 mi E of #McCarthy (#Alaska) 34 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1782721
The #McCarthy - #Era will be a "Walk in the Park" against these #brainwashed #Trump-#Zombies, cleaning the #Authorities from #Adversaries. This weakens by the Way the Security in every thinkable Form and strengthens the Will for #Whistleblowers
and #Sabotage from within. You can't find so many Trump loyal People, to control such big #Entities like #FBI, #NSA and #CIA. They rip them apart, but this will cause a lot of #Trouble. Does anyone respect #PamBondi ? It's a #Joke.
McCarthy - "Red sleeping beauty"
https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1867-c89e-b608-55b055647501
MA congressperson Jim McGovern condemns the execution of Ethel Rosenberg at the height of the #McCarthy era on the floor of Congress. "Let me repeat that: this government, the United States Government, knew way back then that she was innocent and executed her anyway". https://www.rfc.org/blog/2025-02/rep-jim-mcgovern-issues-ethel-rosenberg-apology-house-floor
Pequeños y grandes pasos hacia el imperio de la inteligencia artificial
Fuente: Open TechTraducción de la infografía:
(!!) Test de Turing: donde un evaluador humano entabla una conversación en lenguaje natural con una máquina y un humano.
(!!) Redes neuronales: modelos de aprendizaje automático que imitan el cerebro y aprenden a reconocer patrones y hacer predicciones a través de conexiones neuronales artificiales.
(!!) DeepMind fue adquirida por Google en 2014 por 500 millones de dólares.
(!!) Procesamiento del lenguaje natural: enseña a las computadoras a comprender y utilizar el lenguaje humano mediante técnicas como el aprendizaje automático.
Gráfico: Open Tech / Genuine Impact
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If you grew up poor and got free #lunch at school, you can thank the #BlackPanthers for that.