Andrea Lathrop
@cabernet.bsky.social
Wine... Cognitive Science... Photography... tech stuff... former Aslin Lab (Master's) and Eppler Lab (with Jackie Gibson emeritus) so I'm a weird mix of Gibsonian affordances, visual statistical learning and anticipatory eye movements. Sometimes academic.
From a "sponsored ad" on ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
From a "sponsored ad" on ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
No, Google, I did not mean that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
No, Google, I did not mean that.
I think I see the problem:
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I think I see the problem:
That was fast. Tonight's bedtime research, I guess...
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
That was fast. Tonight's bedtime research, I guess...
Oh, well, there you go! At least one Dem is trying!
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Oh, well, there you go! At least one Dem is trying!
Useful, if consistently reliable... not useful, if hallucination error-prone. I shall suspend my judgment until early adopters report back on their experiences in tweet form.
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Useful, if consistently reliable... not useful, if hallucination error-prone. I shall suspend my judgment until early adopters report back on their experiences in tweet form.
Google Scholar has a new "AI-powered" feature in Labs. You can't get to it without logging into your Google account, and there is (apparently) a waitlist button to try it, which I clicked, so I'm on the waitlist, I guess.
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Google Scholar has a new "AI-powered" feature in Labs. You can't get to it without logging into your Google account, and there is (apparently) a waitlist button to try it, which I clicked, so I'm on the waitlist, I guess.
I am following this TOON drama. I am hoping someone falls ass-backward into Cyc.
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am following this TOON drama. I am hoping someone falls ass-backward into Cyc.
This is f*cking beautiful: ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is f*cking beautiful: ❤️
This is finally Gen X's moment. I feel it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is finally Gen X's moment. I feel it.
This is interesting, from Ask a Manager, on alumni networking. I had sort of been lamenting that due to small class sizes, my college only has around 30k living alumni at any given time, many are retired, some are recent grads. Of the rest, how many are even in your field? But...
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is interesting, from Ask a Manager, on alumni networking. I had sort of been lamenting that due to small class sizes, my college only has around 30k living alumni at any given time, many are retired, some are recent grads. Of the rest, how many are even in your field? But...
I don't think they thought this character art all the way through. (Or maybe they did... a tongue-in-cheek nod to foam prosthetics because prosthetic?)
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I don't think they thought this character art all the way through. (Or maybe they did... a tongue-in-cheek nod to foam prosthetics because prosthetic?)
I actually completely believe that the closest thing to a remote AI job in Ferrisburgh, VT, is 'livestock slaughter assistant.'
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I actually completely believe that the closest thing to a remote AI job in Ferrisburgh, VT, is 'livestock slaughter assistant.'
I assume others have noticed how misleading and partisan this official government website is:
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I assume others have noticed how misleading and partisan this official government website is:
Linguistic ambiguity.
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Linguistic ambiguity.
I quote-tweeted Variety's video post of Sidney Sweeney at an award ceremony.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I quote-tweeted Variety's video post of Sidney Sweeney at an award ceremony.
A friend just posted the Gartner hype cycle in a conversation on Twitter/X, and it reminded me of a neural spike with refractory period.
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A friend just posted the Gartner hype cycle in a conversation on Twitter/X, and it reminded me of a neural spike with refractory period.
Don't worry, guys, if you don't have investment income or rental property, there are welfare payments:
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Don't worry, guys, if you don't have investment income or rental property, there are welfare payments:
It has been raining for hours, already. I am going to lose my freaking mind.
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It has been raining for hours, already. I am going to lose my freaking mind.