Robin Z

A very sleepy white dog all sleepy on a couch

A very sleepy pup

My cutest, sleepiest girl after a mere 2 days at the daycare boarding place playing with other dogs nonstop

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

beans, in this economy?!

Briefly considered including the trashpile "Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government" piece in my Intro Cog Sci course in the fall as our "current controversies" piece but then I remembered no one should have to deal wtih that rage, especially me

My kid just woke up and heard me shouting "shit shit shit" at 11.30pm because there was a spider the size of my hand on the couch where I was napping. I'm nailing this parenting thing

No, it can't.

You're describing a technology that does not exist. Perhaps we could develop it, but LLM chatbots are not this thing.

Wishcasting is not going to fix the inherent flaws: designed to please and not challenge the user, it generates fantastic nonsense of no academic value.

This escalator is refusing to escalate. This has been escalated to the engineer who is on their way up (or down) to check it out. PLEASE USE THE ELEVATOR OR STAIRS! GRAND RIVER CENTER

Refusing to escalate

“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.

“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.

i'm actually dying laughing at "baruck obama"

I have used that terminology to talk about him to students ever since 😂

About a decade ago a student of mine quoted Galton uncritically in their undergrad thesis so we had a chat about his legacy, prompting the student to ask if it would be unprofessional to change the citation to read, "noted trashbag Francis Galton said..."

My grammar is terrible in this post but I continue to take small joys in cataloging and sharing my music obsessions on this other account.

Not new ones but i'm considering getting last fall's again just in case we don't get any new ones!

What the fuck

Walgreens told me they have this fall's flu shot's in now, which seems like very important news since I didn't even think we were going to be able to get updated shots this year at all. Just FYI! Maybe get your shots!

I doubt I could afford Mo Willems' licensing fees to really do it or I totally would

Gonna make this into tshirts and make any student caught using AI on schoolwork wear the tshirt all semester.

Good news for Ireland and Austria....

Yoda stories

Fall semester starts in 3 weeks 💀

Yet this morning I got email from AAC&U telling me to join their workshops so I could integrate AI into my teaching. It's fucking bleak out here, y'all.

It just seems like so much work!

I need bigger biceps. Not to like, do stuff, but I don't know if the tattoo I want there will fit.

For sure. And after that we should figure out how to swap classes for a day!

I'm working on my Cyborgs course updates today, too! 🙌

Remember glassholes? They're back, in fascist form!

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Flock is now “apparently analyzing our driving patterns to determine if we’re “suspicious.” That means if your police start using Flock, they could target you just because some algorithm has decided your movement patterns suggest criminality.”

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I'm still too afraid to log in to Moodle to see what the AI integration looks like, but I will of course be writing a sternly-worded letter when I see it if I can't turn it off for the students in my classes. Happy to share but need a lot of either chocolate or alcohol before I'm ready to even look

Today's music ephemera post includes a bonus shot of my dog, because things are terrible enough to require a dog for almost everything.