Somebody tweeted the other day they'd had their 600k grant cancelled because of the word "polarization".
It was a physics grant for research related to light polarization.
cap11235 2 hours ago [-]
I remember seeing a similar one for a math grant. Cohomology is pretty gay, though.
techblueberry 1 hours ago [-]
ChatGPT determined that this was related to DEI, responding, “Yes. Improving HVAC systems enhances preservation conditions for collections, aligning with the goal of providing greater access to diverse audiences. #DEI.”
Well, case closed.
JumpCrisscross 59 minutes ago [-]
Is this a real quote?
techblueberry 58 minutes ago [-]
Half way down or so.
cldwalker 2 hours ago [-]
The original article title is "DOGE canceled High Point Museum grant for HVAC systems after ChatGPT flagged it as DEI, lawsuit alleges" but I modified it so it could fit the character limit
JumpCrisscross 57 minutes ago [-]
Interesting they found ChatGPT more useful than Grok.
goatlover 1 hours ago [-]
If the goal of DOGE was really to reduce "waste, fraud and abuse", wouldn't a human be checking for false positives? If anything, mistakenly cancelling a grant sounds like waste or abuse.
mindcrime 41 minutes ago [-]
> If the goal of DOGE was really to reduce "waste, fraud and abuse"
It wasn't. DOGE was never anything but another grift designed to benefit administration insiders, with maybe - at best - a thin veneer of "reducing waste" to satiate the appetite of the gullible people backing all of this in the first place.
josefritzishere 1 hours ago [-]
AI is so stupid it enables third parties to be stupider. It's a new type of cognitive deficit.
ChrisArchitect 50 minutes ago [-]
Related:
Another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI"
It was a physics grant for research related to light polarization.
Well, case closed.
It wasn't. DOGE was never anything but another grift designed to benefit administration insiders, with maybe - at best - a thin veneer of "reducing waste" to satiate the appetite of the gullible people backing all of this in the first place.
Another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352819