Robin T.

this technology benefits no one

Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students

“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”

A4. Raison’s besties have always been cats 🐈 #pugtalk

A2: Raison loved her steak 🥩 #pugtalk

Found one in the wild! Models of the language network in a published paper in a (presumably) predatory journal.

I think I'd be concerned if a patient had four anterior temporal lobes in their lert hemisphere, it might affect their conprehension

#NeuroSkyence

Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.

Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.

www.404media.co/government-l...

And tech companies like ChatGPT have openly encouraged the public to think of it as a Father Confessor/Therapist, and more.

Hey folks on here, did I see someone recently (thread? Essay?) posting about how AI is fundamentally anti-consent, in its copyright infringement and its uses for non-consensual imagery, and also its pedagogical uses? I’m looking for a source.

This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.

I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?

Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4jc9xz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4k6nqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

ICE had the worst of the worst after all. Not in custody, but on payroll.

I wonder why it’s so hard to get up to date information out there

Cerebellum responds to language like cortical areas One of four language-responsive cerebellar regions may encode meaningful information, much like the cortical language network in the left hemisphere, according to a new study.

A region in the cerebellum is language-selective—something previously found only in the cortex, a new study suggests.

By @natmesanash.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/language/cer...

Irish man detained by ICE in Texas for five months says he fears for his life | CNN An Irish man who has been in US immigration detention for five months has said he fears for his life and is confined in appalling conditions, as international scrutiny grows over the treatment of immi...

www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/u...

THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.

I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.

One a these days I will turn this into a blog post for better accessibility, but for now, here's a pdf I wrote about the various different notations for derivatives, since that's a weird and confusing thing for students first seeing all these magic symbols
rhinopotamus.github.io/pdf/derivati...

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

Absolute hell: Irishman with valid US work permit held by ICE since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for five months despite having no criminal record
Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, wife Tiffany Smyth is a US citizen
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Banner image with screenshot of scientific article from nature Medicine, as well as two panels from the study method and results

⚠️ Despite all the hype, chatbots still make terrible doctors. Out today is the largest user study of language models for medical self-diagnosis. We found that chatbots provide inaccurate and inconsistent answers, and that people are better off using online searches or their own judgment.

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...

When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

one chatbot told a participant in this study to go lay down in the dark when he was presenting with a brain hemorrhage... what are we even doing

www.404media.co/chatbots-hea...

Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

One day when I really want to burn it all down, I might write about the affect of this certain type of intellectual who engages with AI/LLMs/whatever like this. I’ve seen it up close and in person. They all have a empty eyed, hyper focused gaze — so far up their own asses they could shit a cough.

Who cares what she has to say. She will lie in any case

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

In my opinion, this is the main purpose of almost all training in the university context - to push out the blame to faculty and staff if something goes wrong rather than to strengthen the infrastructure which would cost $ and time

Learning is complex, messy, emotional: AI can’t replicate that ChatGPT and other AI tools may seem irresistible. But educators should beware, as they could end up trading away the thing that gives them value — the rich experience of slow learning

Chatbots offer a magnificent bribe - a fast, frictionless route to information that bypasses the discomfort of learning. In this op-ed, we describe this as a Faustian bargain, in which we trade away what it means to be human & universities trade away their value
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

How did skills take over higher education? One short history - HEPI Over the weekend HEPI published blogs on the freezing of student loan thresholds, and the Westminster Hall debates on duty of care. This blog was kindly authored by Dr. Josh Patel, Senior Education an...

' Ronald Barnett describes the contemporary fascination with skills as a form of ‘bewitchment’ (others have put it more strongly elsewhere)....When individuals are defined in this way, they become more easily interchangeable in the labour market, increasing workers’ vulnerability.'

"A Crash Course in Machine Learning with JASP", the third of four summer workshops, is now open for registration. Join Don van den Bergh and Koen Derks in Amsterdam or online!
jasp-stats.org/2026/02/06/h...