tl;dr: MIT installed 500+ AI-capable surveillance cameras across campus (via Ambient.ai) with minimal faculty consultation, while simultaneously cutting library journal subscriptions. In satirical protest, faculty are bedazzling the cameras with gemstones through the "IBAISBIAOMITCORPICBBTC initiative," highlighting concerns about the Panopticon effect, chilling of protest, AI bias, data sharing with law enforcement (including the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force), and potential hidden microphones that may violate Massachusetts wiretap law.