Robin T.
@drrobinthomas.bsky.social
Professor, mathematical psychologist, guitarist and singer
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“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”
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The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
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Renee Good committed gender insubordination: she didn't cower & grovel to male authority. Many women are killed for the very same reason all over the world. We just call it by the euphemism "domestic violence" instead of what it is: a campaign of political terrorism in which any man can participate.
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Renee Good committed gender insubordination: she didn't cower & grovel to male authority. Many women are killed for the very same reason all over the world. We just call it by the euphemism "domestic violence" instead of what it is: a campaign of political terrorism in which any man can participate.
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Absolutely insane that my life has become texting with local church pastors to try and find a safe place to hold an emergency meeting for parents at my kid’s’ preschool to figure out how to respond to the federal government kidnapping neighbors.
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Absolutely insane that my life has become texting with local church pastors to try and find a safe place to hold an emergency meeting for parents at my kid’s’ preschool to figure out how to respond to the federal government kidnapping neighbors.
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this is absolutely a violent political threat, but also, I hope people remember/pay attention to the normalization of this kind of talk--allowing it to slide unremarked leads to dangerous places in the US, India, etc.
Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.
Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
this is absolutely a violent political threat, but also, I hope people remember/pay attention to the normalization of this kind of talk--allowing it to slide unremarked leads to dangerous places in the US, India, etc.
Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.
Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.
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Yeah, uh, that is the right kind of censorship
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Yeah, uh, that is the right kind of censorship
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✨ Updated preprint ✨
Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? PsyArXiv osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/aue4m_v2 @olivia.science
Our aim is to make these ideas accessible for a.o. psych students. Hope we succeeded 🙂
Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? PsyArXiv osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/aue4m_v2 @olivia.science
Our aim is to make these ideas accessible for a.o. psych students. Hope we succeeded 🙂
![Figure 1
Illustration of why AI systems cannot realistically scale to human cognition within the foreseeable future: (b) Human cognitive capacities (such as reasoning, communication, problem solving, learning, concept formation, planning etc.) can handle unbounded situations across many domains, ranging from simple to complex. (a) Engineers create AI systems using machine learning from human data. (d) In an attempt to approximate human cognition a lot of data is consumed. (c) Making AI systems that approximate human cognition is intractable (van Rooij, Guest, et al., 2024), i.e., the required resources (e.g. time, data) grows prohibitively fast as input domains get more complex, leading to diminishing returns. (a) Any existing AI system is
created in limited time (hours, months or years, not millennia or eons). Therefore, existing AI systems cannot realistically have the domain-general cognitive capacities that humans have. [Made with elements from freepik.com.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24ngrqljhck7hpvbgrg7a23k/bafkreie5dbxbxpaszqwfbgne6pi7kf26im6chq45olvzxyyrg7eitq6uue@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
✨ Updated preprint ✨
Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? PsyArXiv osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/aue4m_v2 @olivia.science
Our aim is to make these ideas accessible for a.o. psych students. Hope we succeeded 🙂
Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? PsyArXiv osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/aue4m_v2 @olivia.science
Our aim is to make these ideas accessible for a.o. psych students. Hope we succeeded 🙂
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Immer was @emilymbender.bsky.social sagt 😌 ⬇️
Anthropomorphizing language conceals the limitations of AI, promoting misplaced trust. @emilymbender.bsky.social & @nannainie.bsky.social suggest focusing on a system’s functionalities: instead of saying a model is “good at” something, say what it is “good for." www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI' | TechPolicy.Press
We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Immer was @emilymbender.bsky.social sagt 😌 ⬇️
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Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
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It does feel like we’re coming to a breaking point with Gen AI. Consumer backlash is strong, the companies aren’t profitable, and the slop classification has caught on in a way that CEOs can no longer ignore. Two of Colbert’s guests this week alone were talking about AI backlash and human made art.
Larian writing director says gen AI won't be used for the new Divinity game's writing
Says they tinkered at it for research, and it created work that was "at best" 3/10 in terms of quality, inferior to even his own worst human-written drafts
www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...
Says they tinkered at it for research, and it created work that was "at best" 3/10 in terms of quality, inferior to even his own worst human-written drafts
www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It does feel like we’re coming to a breaking point with Gen AI. Consumer backlash is strong, the companies aren’t profitable, and the slop classification has caught on in a way that CEOs can no longer ignore. Two of Colbert’s guests this week alone were talking about AI backlash and human made art.
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They crave this for free since they cannot get it any other way. They are scamming the golden goose because no farmer would let those eggs go even for money. Please please please don't do it.
I cannot stress enough that you should not do this.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records — The Verge
OpenAI has been dropping hints this week about AI’s role as a “healthcare ally” — and today, the company is announcing a product to go along with that idea: ChatGPT Health.
apple.news
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
They crave this for free since they cannot get it any other way. They are scamming the golden goose because no farmer would let those eggs go even for money. Please please please don't do it.
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I showed my math teacher mom how its possible to manipulate ChatGPT into incorrect answers to simple algebra problems, telling her "this is what they want students and teachers to reply on."
She then called it a "dumb little dangerous thing"--which, accurate
She then called it a "dumb little dangerous thing"--which, accurate
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I showed my math teacher mom how its possible to manipulate ChatGPT into incorrect answers to simple algebra problems, telling her "this is what they want students and teachers to reply on."
She then called it a "dumb little dangerous thing"--which, accurate
She then called it a "dumb little dangerous thing"--which, accurate
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Hey, did you know that Greek lost the phoneme /h/ because of secularism? You see, /h/ intrinsically symbolises the Creator. And hydrogen.
This journal is published by @springernature.com , and is hosted by @nature.com. How did this incoherent nonsense make it into print?
This journal is published by @springernature.com , and is hosted by @nature.com. How did this incoherent nonsense make it into print?
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Hey, did you know that Greek lost the phoneme /h/ because of secularism? You see, /h/ intrinsically symbolises the Creator. And hydrogen.
This journal is published by @springernature.com , and is hosted by @nature.com. How did this incoherent nonsense make it into print?
This journal is published by @springernature.com , and is hosted by @nature.com. How did this incoherent nonsense make it into print?
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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man the video of border patrol facing off with angry students in Minneapolis on Reddit is depressing
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuff...
www.reddit.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
man the video of border patrol facing off with angry students in Minneapolis on Reddit is depressing
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
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There was a time when lies like this—and make no mistake, it is a lie—would be the end of her career and public life.
We’re in a post-shame world and it’s extremely bad. The breakdown of norms like that has been one of the most enduring legacies of Donald Trump and it will haunt us into the future.
We’re in a post-shame world and it’s extremely bad. The breakdown of norms like that has been one of the most enduring legacies of Donald Trump and it will haunt us into the future.
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 AM
There was a time when lies like this—and make no mistake, it is a lie—would be the end of her career and public life.
We’re in a post-shame world and it’s extremely bad. The breakdown of norms like that has been one of the most enduring legacies of Donald Trump and it will haunt us into the future.
We’re in a post-shame world and it’s extremely bad. The breakdown of norms like that has been one of the most enduring legacies of Donald Trump and it will haunt us into the future.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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I figured I’d check, ‘cos I didn’t know: In Ireland, the guards (our police), don’t normally carry guns. They have to complete their 2-year basic qualification, serve with a clean record for 4 years, and then do 13 weeks of specialist training before they can be selected to join an armed unit.
47 days. That is all the training ICE officers get before our government hands them weapons and tells them to go raise hell.
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I figured I’d check, ‘cos I didn’t know: In Ireland, the guards (our police), don’t normally carry guns. They have to complete their 2-year basic qualification, serve with a clean record for 4 years, and then do 13 weeks of specialist training before they can be selected to join an armed unit.
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I have a hard-line anti-AI stance and refuse to use it. AI gives deadly medical advice; negatively impacts the environment and labor market; violates copyright law; generates defaming statements, images, and videos; and shifts people away from critical thinking and formulating their own thoughts.
Every year I come to understand that the issue of "anthropomorphizing" AI has confused the distinction between language and "intelligence" in ways that have lead people to deeply misplaced faith about what this tech is actually capable of.
Anthropomorphizing language can be cute when applied to your favorite car, but it helps to muddy the discourse when applied to tech sold as "AI". New from me & @nannainie.bsky.social on @techpolicypress.bsky.social -- how to spot & revise away from anthropomorphizing language applied to "AI"
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I have a hard-line anti-AI stance and refuse to use it. AI gives deadly medical advice; negatively impacts the environment and labor market; violates copyright law; generates defaming statements, images, and videos; and shifts people away from critical thinking and formulating their own thoughts.
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"Sooner will the sun die out than that we will create AGI"
✨ Updated preprint ✨
Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? PsyArXiv osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/aue4m_v2 @olivia.science
Our aim is to make these ideas accessible for a.o. psych students. Hope we succeeded 🙂
Iris van Rooij & Olivia Guest (2026). Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? PsyArXiv osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/aue4m_v2 @olivia.science
Our aim is to make these ideas accessible for a.o. psych students. Hope we succeeded 🙂
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
"Sooner will the sun die out than that we will create AGI"
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I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
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Can humans & animals really use internal maps to take shortcuts?
Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze.
Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think.
🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn....
@uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social
Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze.
Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think.
🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn....
@uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social
Tolman's Sunburst Maze 80 Years on: A Meta‐Analysis Reveals Poor Replicability and Little Evidence for Shortcutting
In 1946, Tolman et al. reported that rats could take a novel shortcut to a goal after training on an indirect route, supporting the Cognitive Map theory. However, a review of subsequent Sunburst maze...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Can humans & animals really use internal maps to take shortcuts?
Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze.
Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think.
🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn....
@uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social
Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze.
Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think.
🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn....
@uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social
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Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.