Reposted by Shawn
Hey so this is great that they're sending out this milquetoast nothing statement and that they put together a task force that came to the conclusion that sexual assault is bad or something, I'm sure this will solve the problem and everyone will be healed and...
Fuck these people so hard.
![Because the inquiry was framed only in terms of whether a project "relate[d] at all to DEI" (whatever that might mean to ChatGPT), projects whose abbreviated descriptions contained general references to "history," "culture," or "identity" were frequently identified by ChatGPT as relating to DEI. For example, a project to recover and analyze ancient writings attributed to Moses but excluded from the canonical Hebrew Bible and preserved in fragmentary form (e.g., the Book of Jubilees and the Testament of Moses) was classified as DEI because it claimed to "provide important insight into Jewish thought from two thousand years ago, complementary to insight from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament." Dkt. No. 248-11, at 99, C461-1461 (emphasis added). The project description reflects a highly technical effort involving multispectral imaging,
textual reconstruction, and the recovery of deteriorated source materials. Id. Yet, the assigned
rationale consists of a single sentence linking the project to "Jewish thought," which ChatGPT
considered to be aligned with "DEI" goals. Id.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreib6l4cxum3fr4phpnwbby6mmhtqs7sz3xx7cfcc4yeszgrcsf5swu)
![Because the inquiry was framed only in terms of whether a project “relate[d] at all to DEI” (whatever that might mean to ChatGPT), projects whose abbreviated descriptions contained general references to “history,” “culture,” or “identity” were frequently identified by ChatGPT as relating to DEI. For example, a project to recover and analyze ancient writings attributed to Moses but excluded from the canonical Hebrew Bible and preserved in fragmentary form (e.g., the Book of Jubilees and the Testament of Moses) was classified as DEI because it claimed to “provide important insight into Jewish thought from two thousand years ago, complementary to insight from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.” Dkt. No. 248-11, at 99, C461–I461 (emphasis added). The project description reflects a highly technical effort involving multispectral imaging, textual reconstruction, and the recovery of deteriorated source materials. Id. Yet, the assigned rationale consists of a single sentence linking the project to “Jewish thought,” which ChatGPT considered to be aligned with “DEI” goals. Id. Another project, titled “How the City Became Plastic,” examines the emergence of a coalition of plastics industry participants who, according to the project description, “pop up in cities all across the country to convince, cajole, or force municipal government officials to overhaul building codes, infrastructure codes, and solid waste programs, to the advantage of plastics.” Dkt. No. 248-11 at 235, C1101–I1101. The description explains that, “In the decades between 1950 to 1980, municipal code updates opened the flood gates for new plastic products in buildings and infrastructure, amid simultaneous failed efforts to reduce the torrent of consumer plastics entering the municipal waste stream.” Id. Drawing on evidence from cities including New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh, the project “demonstrates how shifting power dynamics,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ddvus7otnqtlh7fdooxm6qat/bafkreihdud54cnh4mgotyqhe4ldpocmyhf2p56grt7764gbj2sip7bzpay)
