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Chris Paxton

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Chris Paxton writes It Can Think!, a personal blog at itcanthink.substack.com about ai and hardware. Since 2024, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “How can we get enough data to train a robot GPT?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
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2024–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2025

Robotics and AI; the future we're building and how we'll get there.

Most-linked posts?

  1. How can we get enough data to train a robot GPT?
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-06-14
  2. The Limits of Reinforcement Learning
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-09
  3. Whatever Happened to the Self Driving Semi?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted Whatever Happened to the Self Driving Semi? as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted How can we get enough data to train a robot GPT? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Why Not Everything Is Automated in Manufacturing (Yet) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Whatever Happened to the Self Driving Semi? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Limits of Reinforcement Learning as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Dexterity is the Frontier: Thoughts on IROS 2026 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The Role of Open Source in Robotics as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted A short history of how drones have changed warfare as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted 2024 Robotics Year in Review as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Stretch AI – Build intelligent, AI-enabled mobile robot behaviors as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Will Your First Home Robot Have Legs or Wheels? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Why Is Everyone's Robot Folding Clothes? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted How to Fake a Robotics Result as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Are Humanoid Robots Ready for the Real World? as a story · 1 points

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  15. Submitted How can we get enough data to train a robot GPT? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted How can we get enough data to train a robot GPT? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted The Limits of Reinforcement Learning as a story · 1 points

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