Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 18/06/2026New from me at Tech Policy Press: Building Trust Infrastructure for Agentic AI. There are challenges coming; let's get out ahead of them, if it's not already too late. www.techpolicy.press/building-tru... 000
Reposted by Chris RileyAllan @allanfriedman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Fantastic thread linking Taiwanese independence, the state of the chip market, and the stability of the US economy. 12010
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 17/05/2026Just minding my own business, reading Dungeon Crawler Carl book 8, when all of a sudden ... Hey, what the heck, man! What did redheads do to you? 030
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 13/05/2026I am sure I am the first person ever to vibe code while eating dinner and accidentally spill hot sauce on my MacBook, AMA 010
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 08/04/2026This is a Peace Corps recruitment poster in the pedestal at the Statue of Liberty. Sure hits different now. 010
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 23/02/2026Excited for this event coming up on Friday: "Who Controls Data in the Age of AI?" luma.com/kpf2voda Sign up and come to UC Law San Francisco to learn about the law and practice of data transfers with several distinguished speakers, and me. (But I organized it, so they had to include me, mwahaha!)luma.comWho Controls Data in the Age of AI? · LumaWho Controls Data in the Age of AI? Portability, Platforms, and Power Friday, February 27 1:30–5:00 PM 198 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA About the… 112
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 11/02/2026We are, collectively, struggling to come to terms with the emerging capabilities of AI. Two conversations are happening with no cross-pollination, optimistic and pessimistic. I am trying to create a workable theory to reach both. Here is my chapter on self: mchrisriley.medium.com/chapter-9-th...mchrisriley.medium.comChapter 9: The Nature of a SelfDr. Landers: “You, Bob, are what most people would call an Artificial Intelligence, although that’s not strictly accurate. You are a copy… 010
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 04/02/2026"Doing harm at scale requires infrastructure." So good, from @johnathan.bsky.social @shappy.bsky.social I always read World's Best Newsletter, but this one I am going to save and reread. mailchi.mp/rawsignal/yo...mailchi.mpYou are not entirely powerless 132
Reposted by Chris RileyTiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 6040331483
Reposted by Chris RileyState Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 27/01/2026NEW: When can states prosecute federal agents? While it may not be easy, especially if federal officials impede an investigation, states have more power than people may realize. @aliciabannon.bsky.social breaks down the tools states have to hold federal officials accountable:statecourtreport.orgWhen Can States Prosecute Federal Agents?Federal precedent permits such prosecutions in limited circumstances, but the legal bar remains high. 03429
Reposted by Chris RileyAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 261120183987
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 25/01/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/s... There is a callout box in the print version of this piece that reads, "Like all gods, this technology is inscrutable." .... sheesh. The piece itself is pretty great though, and reinforces what I wrote about idolatry and dangerous mutual worship dynamics.nytimes.comIt Makes Sense That People See A.I. as God 000
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 20/01/2026This is an incredible conversation, touching on several distinct and worthy issues -- not just AI, but even more so science and how we approach it, the pervasive confusion of correlation and causation, and a bit of current politics/events at the end. Well worth a read. 131
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 08/01/2026This is a very sad, but of course not surprising, development. 020
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 21/12/2025I'm sure literally no one involved in making this happen will care, but I shudder to think of the child psychologist reaction to this Universal Basic Investment proposal: www.axios.com/2025/12/21/t... Making every kid aware of, and competing over, money seems like a fast way to ruin childhood.axios.comThe solve for America's aging crisis: Universal Basic InvestmentThe goal: Give the next generation a financial leg up, plus a living lesson in compound interest. 030
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 03/12/2025Breaking recommendation algorithms with my highly specific tastes, 2025 edition. Had a lot of long car rides with kids in the first half of the year... 020
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 26/11/2025As a practicing Christian, I genuinely believe God engages with the present world in mysterious ways, and if we but listen quietly and humbly, He will speak to us. ... but not like that. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o... (See also, by me: mchrisriley.medium.com/interlude-co...) 2193
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 22/11/2025Here, read this instead: mchrisriley.medium.com/chapter-6-me...mchrisriley.medium.comChapter 6: Memories in the Mind and the MachineDeckard: Remember when you were six? You and your brother snuck into an empty building through a basement window. You were going to play… 111
Reposted by Chris RileyDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22/11/2025All of Bluesky this morning:media.tenor.coma person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eatAlt: a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat 473828507
Reposted by Chris RileyMike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/11/2025This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it. 10625200
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 14/11/2025Today is @dansinker.com 's birthday. If you're not already signed up for his emails, you should! dansinker.com/follow/ And maybe buy some stickers or something. I love my "TRYING" sticker, it is the anchor sticker on my laptop, the first one I put on.dansinker.com follow my stuff | dansinker.com 021
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 06/11/2025Where will things progress now? Will law enforcement in NYC face thrown slices of pizza? Hot dogs in Chicago? Sushi in LA or SF? Teriyaki in Seattle? Only time will tell. 041
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 27/10/2025I'm going to say it: I like working with an AI copyeditor. Generally, I hate independent editing, because all of my words are precious butterflies and how dare you (even when you're right). But with AI, I have absolutely zero compunction to say "Ha ha, fuck you, NO" and put the original back in. 100
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 13/10/2025AI has no place in beer. Today's edition of "sentences I never thought I'd have to say", but thanks to @404media.co apparently we do? www.404media.co/what-happene...404media.coWhat Happened When AI Came for Craft BeerA prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed. 020
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 11/10/2025The longevity cult is going to be ALL OVER the naked mole rats. For science, I guess. Hat tip @404media.co of course, because they are the best. 031
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 02/10/2025I really enjoyed this piece on AI + consciousness, a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately. It covers some of the key thinkers + dimensions of the problem, and touches on why it matters: the future possibility of moral welfare, + the risk of it distracting from more pressing concerns. 140
Reposted by Chris RileyMike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/09/2025I somehow had missed this news, but this is huge and wonderful news in the midst of so much bad stuff. Alaa being freed is great... 118927
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 24/09/2025cool cool apnews.com/article/unga...apnews.comA massive telecom threat was stopped right as world leaders gathered at UN headquarters in New YorkThe U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a massive hidden telecom network in New York. Investigators say the system could have crippled cell towers and jammed 911 calls. 000
Reposted by Chris RileyBennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 15/09/2025Governing AI starts with user control To keep AI open, competitive, & user-centred, we need real data portability — no more platform lock-in, writes @mchrisriley.com, Data Transfer Initiative, in a new blog: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/governi... 065
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 11/09/2025👀 And don't miss the closing line of their announcement: "If you would like to bring your memory details over from a different AI tool or export your memory from Claude for backup or migration, you can follow these instructions." (link goes to: support.anthropic.com/en/articles/... ) 031
Reposted by Chris RileyTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Chris Riley offers a set of principles for personal AI data transfers, and proposes that technologists begin to immediately develop AI data transfer tools, starting with a concrete and yet valuable data model: generative AI conversation histories.techpolicy.pressWe Need to Control Personal AI Data So Personal AI Cannot Control Us | TechPolicy.PressThe need for collective work on data models and transfer tools will grow more complex and more important, writes Chris Riley. 0277
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 07/08/2025just this headline is disturbing me. maybe i should go back to bed... 010
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 06/08/2025umm www.404media.co/constitution...404media.coConstitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' WebsitePart of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution. 132
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 01/08/2025Another excellent piece from Rosie Spinks: rojospinks.substack.com/p/does-where... Read through to the end, the bit about how AI will remove more friction, which will undercut our thriving and sense of life's meaning. Great stuff. 000
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 01/08/2025And yet, there will be (many) mainstream Democrats hemming and hawing about whether this is an intellectually sound or fair argument to make, on the grounds that allegedly Trump and friends are paying for the costs, as if that distinction mattered any more. 000
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 01/08/2025I can see this, particularly in 2025, yeah. But my greater concern is that we will put AI in charge of everything, and then everything will break. 120
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 30/07/2025Sam Altman says "don't use GPT for therapy" (techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/s...), meanwhile "therapy/companionship" is literally the #1 use case (hbr.org/2025/04/how-...)media.tenor.coma man is holding a purple iron with the words the irony written on itAlt: a man is holding a purple iron with the words the irony written on it 000
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 20/07/2025I know approximately one million. Paul is good people, for those who spot this. 010
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 16/07/2025"vibe physics" lol gizmodo.com/billionaires...gizmodo.comBillionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries 000
Reposted by Chris RileyPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 15/07/2025This, from @404media.co, is very good “The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work” www.404media.co/the-medias-p... 124366
Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 08/07/2025This is only the beginning. And I don't know what to do about it. (... which makes it exactly the sort of problem that interests me ... who wants to chat?) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comA Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officialsAn imposter using AI to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress, according to a State Department cable. 100