State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"

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35 points·ilamont··12 comments

It really irks me to think that Y-Combinator would have no scruples investing in a startup that did this. The American AI entrepreneur wave is about to make IBM's history look like a footnote.

That's kind of unproven.

> "We found literally zero visa revocations during the Biden administration," the official said, "... which suggests a blind eye attitude toward law enforcement."

There's a little thing called freedom of speech in this country. What "law enforcement" would be needed for being pro-Hamas? I'm pro-Hamas, will I be arrested?

Computer said "yes".

For what exactly?

Not that there's actually anything wrong with being pro-Hamas, but you also know they're going to define this as "strongly opposed to Israel" the same way they have with 'anti-Semitism.'

Yes, I'm sure of it.

They're not being arrested, their visa would be revoked. I guess there are reasons you can use to revoke a visa. Maybe if you are pro some terrorist group that could be a reason. Not sure though.

I haven't seen any Zionist visas revoked for supporting genocide.

Well maybe that should also be done if you want to be fair

USA is speedrunning into the cyberpunk dystopia future

I thought JD Vance was just having a go at Europeans for arresting people for social media posts and now he's stealing our ideas!

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