Cameron Roberts
@cameron-roberts.bsky.social
Musician, researcher, and technologist in Chicago
Learning Sciences & Computer Science @ Northwestern
music.cameronroberts.site
Learning Sciences & Computer Science @ Northwestern
music.cameronroberts.site
The hardest thing about running music programming is trying to come up with songs that fifth graders will know
a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The hardest thing about running music programming is trying to come up with songs that fifth graders will know
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I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
I stopped by one of our local elementary schools and had a chance to talk to the fifth graders about music. Some of their favorite artists: Justin Timberlake, Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and MF Doom
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I stopped by one of our local elementary schools and had a chance to talk to the fifth graders about music. Some of their favorite artists: Justin Timberlake, Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and MF Doom
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Bienen is living in fantasy land if he believes that a deal dictating a bunch of rules about admissions and hiring that go well beyond what the law actually requires amounts to preserving control over admission and hiring. Or he thinks the faculty are illiterate
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Bienen is living in fantasy land if he believes that a deal dictating a bunch of rules about admissions and hiring that go well beyond what the law actually requires amounts to preserving control over admission and hiring. Or he thinks the faculty are illiterate
What a goddamn disgrace that these cowards agreed to pay $75 million to a government that is currently rounding up our neighbors
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What a goddamn disgrace that these cowards agreed to pay $75 million to a government that is currently rounding up our neighbors
I guess I need to start reading up on the CSEd literature on "trial-and-terror" debugging
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I guess I need to start reading up on the CSEd literature on "trial-and-terror" debugging
Welp. CHI reviews might suck but at least there's Hades II
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Welp. CHI reviews might suck but at least there's Hades II
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🚨 There’s still time to support the transit bill:
1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"
1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"
Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly
Welcome to the Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly
ilga.gov
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨 There’s still time to support the transit bill:
1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"
1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"
Me, this morning: "Let me just make a quick Canvas announcement to students that Canvas is down"
I love when Canvas is down while I'm trying to prep for class.
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Me, this morning: "Let me just make a quick Canvas announcement to students that Canvas is down"
Citation practices were already a bit sketchy in academia without AI, but luckily AI has supercharged the problem. Maybe this is what Sam Altman meant by "PhD-level intelligence"?
September 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Citation practices were already a bit sketchy in academia without AI, but luckily AI has supercharged the problem. Maybe this is what Sam Altman meant by "PhD-level intelligence"?
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the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile
Our article "Computational Thinking and Epistemic Heterogeneity: A Critical Review of Music+Coding" is now available as a Just Accepted paper in @acmtoce.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Computational Thinking and Epistemic Heterogeneity: A Critical Review of Music+Coding | ACM Transactions on Computing Education
In recent years, the intersection of music and coding has emerged as a cross-disciplinary
approach to engage learners in both musical and computational expression. This article
examines the motivation...
dl.acm.org
July 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our article "Computational Thinking and Epistemic Heterogeneity: A Critical Review of Music+Coding" is now available as a Just Accepted paper in @acmtoce.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Trying to find clipart of an eighth note for a graphic I'm making and somehow ended up with this monstrosity (which I did not ask for)
July 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trying to find clipart of an eighth note for a graphic I'm making and somehow ended up with this monstrosity (which I did not ask for)
Besides the obvious issues, I actually think that engaging kids in science through brewing beer would work really well
June 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Besides the obvious issues, I actually think that engaging kids in science through brewing beer would work really well
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and as we know, "viewpoint diversity" means, "you need to recruit, hire and reward white nationalists"
Jesus.
“In exchange, In exchange, Harvard would agree to take even more aggressive action than it already has to address issues such as antisemitism, race, and viewpoint diversity.
The White House has pushed Harvard to make new commitments to change its admissions and hiring practices..”
“In exchange, In exchange, Harvard would agree to take even more aggressive action than it already has to address issues such as antisemitism, race, and viewpoint diversity.
The White House has pushed Harvard to make new commitments to change its admissions and hiring practices..”
June 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
and as we know, "viewpoint diversity" means, "you need to recruit, hire and reward white nationalists"
Especially after seeing how the city handled the protests in 2020, it's difficult to understand how anyone thinks this is a good idea
City Council on Wednesday narrowly approved an ordinance that empowers Police Superintendent Larry Snelling to issue curfews anytime, anywhere in the city, with 30 minutes’ notice.
www.wbez.org/city-hall/20...
www.wbez.org/city-hall/20...
City Council approves snap curfew aimed at ‘teen takeovers’
The ordinance empowers Police Superintendent Larry Snelling to issue curfews anytime, anywhere in the city, with 30 minutes’ notice.
www.wbez.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Especially after seeing how the city handled the protests in 2020, it's difficult to understand how anyone thinks this is a good idea
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FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Hope to see people at our #AERA25 session on Friday, where we will be presenting ongoing work on designing joyful arts-based learning experiences!
April 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hope to see people at our #AERA25 session on Friday, where we will be presenting ongoing work on designing joyful arts-based learning experiences!
I feel like "publish or perish" has turned into "publish AND perish" 🫠
April 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I feel like "publish or perish" has turned into "publish AND perish" 🫠
My piece "Thigmomorphogenesis" for clarinet and saxophone, performed last year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PZx...
"Thigmomorphogenesis" by Cameron Roberts
YouTube video by Cameron Roberts
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My piece "Thigmomorphogenesis" for clarinet and saxophone, performed last year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PZx...
Reposted by Cameron Roberts
It's not a "pro-baby" coalition, it's a coalition of eugenicists. It's about the "right people" having babies. If there was a genuine interest on the right to help young people, they wouldn't be defunding education, nutrition programs, healthcare, etc.
does anyone have a cannon pointed at the sun I can borrow? need to shoot myself into the sun with a cannon
April 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It's not a "pro-baby" coalition, it's a coalition of eugenicists. It's about the "right people" having babies. If there was a genuine interest on the right to help young people, they wouldn't be defunding education, nutrition programs, healthcare, etc.