Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 18hPuzzled by OpenAI’s strategy on this. It isn’t just comms. There is indeed an adult there, and you can read the conflict in the releases. It’s the strategy itself that’s odd. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 20hThe Toronto mayoral debates, par contre, have been pure garbage. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 20hGrowing up in NB, the Maine accent sounded extremely foreign. Listening the Maine Senate debate, it sounds closer to NB than Mass. Troy sounds like he’s from Grand Manan, with those long A’s. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reform the tax code. Reform the tax code. Reform the tax code. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026While it’s great that finally somebody figured out how to express complexity to the public; it depends on the definition of jobs apocalypse. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When answers become cheap, great questions become scarce. 140
Reposted by Christopher BerryShahab Bakhtiari @shahabbakht.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s largely driven by AI advances stripping away the mystery around how brains solve complex cognitive tasks. The big takeaway from AI over the last 10 years: give a distributed system enough search time, a good search space, and an optimal tool, and it will solve harder and harder problems. (2/n) 5201
Reposted by Christopher BerryIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Has there been widescale issues with other firms doing this? 2314
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026She narrowed her eyes and said: “It’s monkey paws all the way down!” 010
Reposted by Christopher BerryTed Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 04/10/2026Not in math, but I found this very worth reading. I suspect most academics are going to confront similar questions before the 20s are out. 1255
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Goodnight #measurecamp and thank you! youtu.be/YEaicg1kYMk?...youtu.beAll the Percent - A Star Trek: TNG SupercutYouTube video by Picard Looking 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you aren’t happy, why not? What choices do we have? 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If they’re happy performing, and they’re happy with the performance, then that’s aligned. But if not, why not? 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The real thoughtcrime sits at the crux of Graeberian Inflation. IYKYK 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some of the over the horizon discussions assumed new problems. Some are believed to be solveable by [more pre/post training / data] and some to intractable due to incentive conflict. 200
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Most of the over horizon discussions assumed that human problems caused by humans would persist in spite of [RSI]. The invention of the spreadsheet didn’t kill the steering committee or the KPEYMG consultant report on reforming procurement reform (Let’s take a step back here (TM)). 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026At least 3 conferences cohabited one space today. 7 talks were over the horizon. At least 4 talks were present-tactical. At least 5 talks mourning a past that really wasn’t that good, and fearful of a shittier future. 120
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thanks MeasureCamp! Tbat was a lot of fun. Spotted on the traditional Nuit Blanche Toronto walk home. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The room erupted three times during this beauty. Jason united measurement science with AI understanding. Got where the room was at. Understood MeasureCamp. Abfab. 110
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Feldman, M. S., & March, J. G. (1981). Information in organizations as signal and symbol. Administrative science quarterly, 171-186.static.klipy.comYes Minister HumpfreyALT: Yes Minister Humpfrey 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Most of the stories are perspective coordination issues. I used to believe that it was sometimes by design: the conflict over colour wasn’t about colour, it was about who gets to decide. And sometimes the ambiguity in authority is by design. Most of the time it’s emergent. 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Listened, in Canadian, at the story of a multi-week delay in a project about colour ontology. In 2026. 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026While most of Toronto’s AI Safety community is at the TL Offsite today, it’s @coherelabs.bsky.social and Gareth and Gershoff in the Conductrics room. As has become the tradition. 110
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s really an essay that decompiles Richard Ngo’s orderly evacuation argument for regular readers. But on the way there I get to comment on the labour dynamics of Turbinium mining on Mars. christopherberry.ca/the-quality-...christopherberry.caThe Quality Attributes of Alternative Worlds – ChristopherBerry.ca 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The sweetness. facebookresearch.github.io/RAM/blogs/au...facebookresearch.github.ioAutoBenchmark: benchmark creation & the role of humansA framework to study AI models in Reasoning, Alignment, and use of Memory (RAM). 001
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Moral is my least favourite kind of binding. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comInside Zuckerberg, Huang’s push for White House AI pactThe tech leaders helped build support for the “morally binding” accords signed by President Trump and AI leaders at a White House lunch. 000
Reposted by Christopher BerryPolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Are you more likely to vote for a political candidate who supports..." Stricter Guardrails On AI: 71% Expanding AI: 16% Quinnipiac / Sept 27, 2026 310520
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026~”Christopher, remember when they discovered spreadsheets and suddenly believed they didn’t need databases anymore? LLM’s are spreadsheets, but for software.” Measurecamp Toronto already spicy af this year. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026That didn’t take long. github.com/firelex/jeffgithub.comGitHub - firelex/jeff: Fine-tunes of Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4 for zero-shot classificationFine-tunes of Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4 for zero-shot classification - firelex/jeff 18013
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nick’s “Optimal Timing for Superintelligence Mundane Considerations for Existing People” is a logical read. A bit light on the nuts and bolts of health policy. But it’s logical. nickbostrom.com/optimal.pdfnickbostrom.com 000
Reposted by Christopher BerryJaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.devatlas.jazco.devAtlasA living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours. 1161425423
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Monster turnout for the AI Safety Event at OSI (On Spadina). A few conspiracies against the status quo hatched today. 000
Reposted by Christopher BerryJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lower accountability reads as higher risk. When a town's newspaper closes those local governments end up paying higher interest rates to borrow. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 8562179
Reposted by Christopher BerryProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19596003537
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It appears as though my corner of BlueSky is having a reaction to power concentration. That’s good! No such reaction to power concentration in my corner of X. That’s odd! 000
Reposted by Christopher BerryACM Conference on Recommender Systems @recsys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Dear Colleagues, We are happy to share that the RecSys 2026 Proceedings are now live (and open access) in the ACM Digital Library: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi... Enjoy!dl.acm.orgProceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems | ACM Conferences 023
Reposted by Christopher Berrymr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 26/09/2026in regards to AI policy, it’s: - researchers’ job to surface facts - journalists’ job to broadcast the message - politicians’ job to frame facts in various worldviews and create policies to support - the public’s job to vote it’s always a win if that’s happening, even if it doesn’t go my way 1221
Reposted by Christopher BerryDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Never before has the #U.S. #economy been so dependent on the build-out of a single industry.” www.wsj.com/economy/the-... #AIwsj.comThe AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. HistoryData-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing. 044
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s AI Safety Fundamentals night at Trajectory Labs. I’m giving the omnicide talk! (They are not in for a treat!) 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My memory: ~”See Marge, you said I couldn’t put my arm in the cotton candy machine!” ~”I didn’t say you couldn’t, I said you shouldn’t.” I’m with Marge on this one. At least for today. Hooking it up to a wetlab with the present obs infrastructure is a bit outside my risk appetite? You? 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What’s the real translation of moderate competition? Surely there must be a technical definition of what that means? 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Liubertė, I., & Dimov, D. (2021). “One tiny drop changes everything”: Constructing opportunity with words. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 15, e00242. 000
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He’s brilliant. There’s a loading of the thesis question into the trailer that’s magnetic. And I keep having flashes back to Liberté and Dimov, so I’m just enjoying this on the other level. 100
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This term has now been gliterally appropriated into my vocabulary. Brava. 010
Reposted by Christopher BerryCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had prepared over the past year for the ‘extreme tail risk’ that President Trump might order military action against Canada ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...nytimes.comMark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S.In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States. 55881307
Christopher Berry @cjpberry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nathan Fielder is a national treasure. Holy shit.static.klipy.comNathan Fielder's Iconic Blank StareALT: Nathan Fielder's Iconic Blank Stare 000