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Robin Z

@firepile.bsky.social

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Professor, Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, 4e Cognition and Artificial Intelligence; Science Fiction Fan, Cyborgologist, Retired Knitter, Comic Book Reader, 4ad records fanatic. Wanna see me nerd out about music stuff? @musicephemera.bsky.social

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · Jan 9

Rocket just wants to have a talk about your attitude. She isn't mad, she's just disappointed.

White dog with her arms folded like your mom's when you come home late and high af

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 10h

This looks like a great resource!

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10h

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.

I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, the lack of regulation/enforcement is really what's at issue, I think. (I like the pea protein because it's vegan, even though I'm not, but I guess I'll be looking at whey more!)

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 12h

oh no :( I always think of pea protein as one of the safer ones!

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 12h

Omg I bought an off brand protein poptart with 25g per pastry and it was like eating sweetened sugar gel. It was one of the most vile things I've ever had.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 1d

Still time to register!

Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 20d

Join us for our CTMF Flagship Lecture, where we will hear from Professor @jpsullins.bsky.social on the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future.

🗓️ 15 October 18.00 - 19.30 BST
📍 EFI & online
🎟️ edin.ac/3Kl8em6

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 3d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Mario Mario

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 1d

My grandfather was like the grand poobah of his branch and I remember when I learned they were the ones who did all the god in the pledge of allegiance stuff being so horrified and also it clarified my family for me

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 2d

Drove 5 hours to Minneapolis, got a kidney stone, my kid won some trophies, got to see @solusandra.bsky.social for the first time in like 10 years, went to a big mall, drove 5 hours home. Excited to never find out what horrors I've missed these last few days.

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!!!!

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 3d

How come every time I want to write a paper, Tom Froese has already written it

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 3d

I'm out of town so my dog is at the boarder but here she was before we left flaunting the "sit fucking normal" rule

Dog looking mad at me because she's not sitting fucking normal

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 4d

Lolololololol

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

New: In a note to staff this morning, New CBS EIC Bari Weiss asked everyone across CBS News to send her a memo by next Tuesday explaining how they spend their workday and what’s working/not working…

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 6d

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 6d

If it's after 9pm she is furious the lights are on when it's clearly her bedtime

White dog with her whole face buried under several blankets

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 6d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d

do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the reading. do the readi

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 6d

You might be right. She's definitely throwing hints that what she'd like for the holidays is to eat stuff

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 6d

October just started, what are we even doing here

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 7d

Learning Alex Horne from Taskmaster is 3 years *younger* than me is sure a mood. A real bummer of a mood

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 7d

Seriously. It was a bad match and I don't feel guilty!

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 7d

I wouldn't know, I left 😂😂

Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 7d

Remember when the Dresden Dolls opened for Panic at the Disco and AFP wasn't completely Like This and half the audience left after the opening band? Good times.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 7d

It troubles me that I’m starting to feel the same way about Bluesky that I do about the UK. Like: it sounds great, and some of the people I know are great, but the leadership is making some weird choices and I’m a bit worried it may all be over in a couple of years.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 8d

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

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