Isn't "AI makerspace" a category error?
November 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Isn't "AI makerspace" a category error?
Kaukos are now resin printer at the makerspace certified!
November 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Kaukos are now resin printer at the makerspace certified!
A makerspace is to make things. Not to leak your brains from your ears.
November 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
A makerspace is to make things. Not to leak your brains from your ears.
Whiteboard in the library at UMass asks if the library should have an “AI Makerspace” and the students’ “NO” answers are off the charts. They hate this so very much. I’ve never seen a whiteboard in the library this fired up.
November 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Whiteboard in the library at UMass asks if the library should have an “AI Makerspace” and the students’ “NO” answers are off the charts. They hate this so very much. I’ve never seen a whiteboard in the library this fired up.
someone should put an AI Makerspace sign on the toilets.
November 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
someone should put an AI Makerspace sign on the toilets.
"AI makerspace" is the ultimate oxymoron lol
November 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"AI makerspace" is the ultimate oxymoron lol
Here's the photo!
November 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Here's the photo!
Whiteboard at UMass library asking "Do we need an AI Makerspace?" and the students saying HELL NOOOOOO.
November 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Whiteboard at UMass library asking "Do we need an AI Makerspace?" and the students saying HELL NOOOOOO.
I am asking this as a software engineer…what the hell is an AI Makerspace?
November 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I am asking this as a software engineer…what the hell is an AI Makerspace?
The kids are all right
Also I’m reasonably current on makerspace trends and have Opinions but I could not begin to tell you what an AI makerspace is. Rebranding getting Claude to make your .stl files? Wtf. Negligent stewardship of funding imo
Also I’m reasonably current on makerspace trends and have Opinions but I could not begin to tell you what an AI makerspace is. Rebranding getting Claude to make your .stl files? Wtf. Negligent stewardship of funding imo
November 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The kids are all right
Also I’m reasonably current on makerspace trends and have Opinions but I could not begin to tell you what an AI makerspace is. Rebranding getting Claude to make your .stl files? Wtf. Negligent stewardship of funding imo
Also I’m reasonably current on makerspace trends and have Opinions but I could not begin to tell you what an AI makerspace is. Rebranding getting Claude to make your .stl files? Wtf. Negligent stewardship of funding imo
"Should the library have an AI makerspace?"
The students of UMass:
The students of UMass:
November 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"Should the library have an AI makerspace?"
The students of UMass:
The students of UMass:
also also AI is a tech. It can be in the makerspace. It doesn't have to define the makerspace.
November 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
also also AI is a tech. It can be in the makerspace. It doesn't have to define the makerspace.
What the hell would an AI makerspace be? What are you making?
November 8, 2026 at 5:24 AM
What the hell would an AI makerspace be? What are you making?
I love the Ed Tech sloganeering of "AI Makerspace"..um, isn't that just a computer lab?
November 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I love the Ed Tech sloganeering of "AI Makerspace"..um, isn't that just a computer lab?
Just recorded a podcast at a different branch of my library than I usually go to. And they have a fantastic makerspace - 3D printers, sewing machines, Cricuts, and a fully staffed podcast studio with pro level mics, cameras, lights, and an AV specialist to help you.
November 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Just recorded a podcast at a different branch of my library than I usually go to. And they have a fantastic makerspace - 3D printers, sewing machines, Cricuts, and a fully staffed podcast studio with pro level mics, cameras, lights, and an AV specialist to help you.
journos will spend 092348309 gabillion dollars doing safaris of elderly white fuckers in a diner who are racist but never visit like, a gay bar, a black hair salon, a makerspace, a college campus cafe, a basement rave, etc
In deep-red Texas, conservatives are trying to make sense of what just happened to their longtime Republican stronghold. We visited a men’s bible study as they gathered for the first time since the state flipped in the midterm election.
November 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
journos will spend 092348309 gabillion dollars doing safaris of elderly white fuckers in a diner who are racist but never visit like, a gay bar, a black hair salon, a makerspace, a college campus cafe, a basement rave, etc
Someone in the middle there has both incredible eloquence and excellent penmanship.
November 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Someone in the middle there has both incredible eloquence and excellent penmanship.
I would be delighted if the univers library had a non-AI makerspace, though.
November 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I would be delighted if the univers library had a non-AI makerspace, though.
Be real, no one has ever used a college library "makerspace"
November 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Be real, no one has ever used a college library "makerspace"
Gosh Angelic Pretty's recent more complex acrylic jewelry designs are kind of motivating me to start handmaking acrylic jewelry again....I gifted my laser cutter to my friend since I didn't have space to cut in apartment so I'm tempted to join my local makerspace instead HMMM
November 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Gosh Angelic Pretty's recent more complex acrylic jewelry designs are kind of motivating me to start handmaking acrylic jewelry again....I gifted my laser cutter to my friend since I didn't have space to cut in apartment so I'm tempted to join my local makerspace instead HMMM
This whiteboard is is in my library—here's my favorite comment from the students.
November 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
This whiteboard is is in my library—here's my favorite comment from the students.
Fick höra att någon på senaste fixardagen i Uppsala Makerspace hade tolkat inateuktionen "rensa kylskåpet" väldigt bokstavligt. Och slängt ALLT.
Inklusive folks personliga matlådor, gemensam ketchup och liknande, och helt färska matvaror.
Alltså, jag vet inte... 🙄
Inklusive folks personliga matlådor, gemensam ketchup och liknande, och helt färska matvaror.
Alltså, jag vet inte... 🙄
November 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Fick höra att någon på senaste fixardagen i Uppsala Makerspace hade tolkat inateuktionen "rensa kylskåpet" väldigt bokstavligt. Och slängt ALLT.
Inklusive folks personliga matlådor, gemensam ketchup och liknande, och helt färska matvaror.
Alltså, jag vet inte... 🙄
Inklusive folks personliga matlådor, gemensam ketchup och liknande, och helt färska matvaror.
Alltså, jag vet inte... 🙄
via @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social :
> Whiteboard in the library at UMass asks if the library should have an “AI Makerspace” and the students’ “NO” answers are off the charts.
> Whiteboard in the library at UMass asks if the library should have an “AI Makerspace” and the students’ “NO” answers are off the charts.
November 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
via @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social :
> Whiteboard in the library at UMass asks if the library should have an “AI Makerspace” and the students’ “NO” answers are off the charts.
> Whiteboard in the library at UMass asks if the library should have an “AI Makerspace” and the students’ “NO” answers are off the charts.
![One long student comment on the whiteboard:
An AI makerspace implies there is a degree of agency and work beyond just inputting prompts into a model. The current makerspaces also offer space, equipment, guidance and resources for technologies that have a pronounced barrier of entry [...] Go ask Claude to fake your damn midterm project in the privacy of your own dorm."
Commented around it: "period" "this!" "TLDR: NO!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6e5va6cf722ozz4au6jmczwp/bafkreih4rza7f3rth4vuyajgcovg66ogemoh67debce3r6jtg7ct5njlku)
What even is this? I have a Library Makerspace & separate Collaboratory that we use for meetings & trainings around AI. The students in the Makerspace sometimes use AI to help figure out designs for 3d prints they & projects. I don’t get why you would lump the concepts together. It’s weird.
November 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
What even is this? I have a Library Makerspace & separate Collaboratory that we use for meetings & trainings around AI. The students in the Makerspace sometimes use AI to help figure out designs for 3d prints they & projects. I don’t get why you would lump the concepts together. It’s weird.