Robotic Botanist Pillows

Why is he always fooling around with plants? He wants to be a robotanist! (Published originally on August 26, 2015.)

Robot Parts $5

"You created a robot to do your homework for you? Apparently, laziness is the mother of invention."

Wildlife

'Enjoy your meal! We grow everything ourselves!'

"Meet the author"

"He's taught himself work-life balance."

"Look what I found, dad!"

Robotic Man

Plant Lady

"Cheery little flowers, saying good night, saying good morning!"

Ascent of Machine.

Plants Cheer as They Get Watered.

"Usually gardeners only have green thumbs, so you must really spend a lot of time in the garden."

"Looks like we grafted a few too many human genes into the kohlrabi."

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

Horti-Culture

"No! I want to live! I want to live!"

'Congratulations on your 100% plant-based diet. I'm referring you to a botanist.'

'Esther, is it possible, just possible mind you, that your green thumb has gone berserk?'

'Good news. We're not Daft Punk.'

Botany Baby!

"Whoever made Keir Starmer did a sound professional job."

"My preferred pronoun is they."

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

Artifishial Intelligence

"Fred, I think you're spending altogether too much time down here with these mushrooms!"

The First Martian Dog.

Painting taking root...

Evolution of man, starting at ameba through to computer

'A rose by any other name means I flunked the botany test.'

'Mom, this is my new best friend -- I built him in computer class.'

"It's a smart hamper that sucks up clothes. My mom claims I leave my clothes on the floor, so she has it follow me wherever I go."

"But if you change your system preferences to match mine, is it really love?"