Paul Robinette

Two cats cuddling on an unmade bed

Fritz and Alfred celebrating caturday!

Black cat lounging in bed

Fritz’s contribution to National Black Cat Day

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

Protestors at Boston No Kings

Good day on the Common! Boston No Kings #nokings

No accountability and, usually, the flaws are bizarre and unpredictable to non researchers (well, and sometimes to us)

And the very first comment on that LinkedIn post says well, human reviewers make mistakes, too. So… what’s the point of the AI review then?!

Black cat on top of computer

Lazy caturday with my jump ship crew mate #caturday

Lazy caturday with my jump ship crew mate #caturday

I also wish ill on JK Rowling and if you want to suspend me for that I guess so be it

Kinda tempted to get back on twitter just to reply “skill issue” to everything musky says…

I’m still trying to figure out who would pay enough money for this sort of ai for it to turn a profit. Apparently the $200/month plans aren’t enough to cover costs. (I wouldn’t give it $20/month myself)

I’ll try to get the robots to go all battlestar galactica but no promises… funding is a little tight right now, after all.

Wait are we not in that already?!

Where do I have to move to vote for you?

Sounds like a good time to make an ai that tests for top down bias. (We can just return true because there are no unbiased datasets) (or false for the premium edition)

My cat watching Data’s Spot on an episode of Star Trek TNG

Bonus #caturday picture: Fritz wants to play with Spot.

Black cat sitting in a sunny window

Fritz’s preferred #caturday position.

Fritz has been sleeping in this window, so I put a blanket there for him. Apparently this was wrong….

Crowd in Mystic Mashup Good Trouble

Crowd in Mystic Mashup Good Trouble

Nice day for good trouble! #goodtrouble in Powderhouse Park, Somerville, MA

Black cat on floor shunning me

Fritz had to go to the vet today. He’s been trying to find the exact right position to shun me properly.

Well worth the read to learn about what it is like inside the fbi right now. Can’t help but think his story is adjacent to a leopards at my face story though.

The Republican plan for fighting climate change

🚨 Ready, (re)set, write! Be part of another inspiring year of robots at #HRI2026 in Edinburgh, March 16 to 19 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📣 Abstracts due: Sept 22
📜 Full papers: Sept 30
Theme: #HRI Empowering Society 🤖

📌 Info on submissions and ACM open-access fees: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/

Trump is no stranger to setting 2-week deadlines. Here's how others have played out Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.

Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.

Surely this is representative of his entire life, other evidence notwithstanding….

If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.

The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

I’m just shocked his contemporaries are still reviewing papers…

It’s AMAZING! Some cosplayers read the icra sign and said “ohhhh that’s why people are dressed so weird!”

Top of the escalators at Atlanta airport with a sign welcoming ICRA attendees

Nice welcome in Atlanta for ICRA 2025!

Wait they’re worried about GOVERNMENTS?! The ones who have invested so much in bunker busting bombs over the years? Hmmmm