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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=1vxQ... This performance feels like the interior of how I felt for at least two years in Kansas City after being dumped by my first girlfriend. A chalky, empty, biting, melancholy numbness you can taste morning, noon, and night.

St. Vincent - These Days (DUMBO Session) (Nico Cover)

YouTube video by 4AD

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This erotic masterpiece was written by Benjamin de Murashkin for these two virtuosos. I own all of TOEAC’s albums. youtu.be/vB0ZJ_odAsE?...

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Tango Orgánico

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=_jhv... Marcus argues that LLMs will not get us to a solution to the alignment problem. Marcus argues that LLMs lack robust symbolic representations of world models. Interesting lecture. What do you think?

Gary Marcus: 'LLMs are not the way to alignment' | TAIS 2026

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ControlAI @controlai.com · 03/10/2026

NEW: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill has backed our campaign for binding regulation on the most powerful AIs! He joins 170+ UK parliamentarians recognizing the risk of human extinction from superintelligent AI.

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Techmeme X Chatter @xchatter.techmeme.com · 01/10/2026

This tweet appeared under this Techmeme headline: @arfurgrok: 👀 Mikita Balesni (@balesni) has left OpenAI.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... A hack about bush fires in Australia today, tomorrow wiping out your investment and bank accounts. We need an international trust-but-verify ban on super intelligence right now, similar to what we did on human cloning. www.geneticsandsociety.org/internal-con...

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OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia

Attack accessing historical data on bushfires occurred in June but not disclosed by the tech company until Thursday

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

deathpenaltyinfo.org/gender-and-c... Highest praise goes out to Sandra Babcock for her work on the barbarity, torture, and gender disparities rampant in how states kill their citizens. If Joseph Conrad were alive today he would write a new “Heart of Darkness” on this runaway atrocity.

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Gender and Capital Punishment: Scholarly Article Examines How Gender Affects Outcomes for Women in Death Penalty Cases | Death Penalty Information Center

In “Gendered Capital Punishment,” Cornell Law School Clinical Professor Sandra Babcock examines how the gender of actors in capital cases affects outcomes…

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exactly right. Damage on many levels, both domestic and legal. You show me anyone on death row and I’ll show you incompetent counsel.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We have lots of Brutalist style high-rise housing in Ann Arbor. It just gets uglier every day.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is exactly what you would do to create a mass-casualty event.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... A CNN report published on 18 September, which hasn’t been verified by other major outlets, describes how the US “almost started a war” with China, based on an intelligence report that claimed a Chinese ship was transporting components of nuclear weapons.

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=Xqxb... Instead of discussing faulty, unreliable systems," Gebru says tech leaders are "marketing their systems as all-knowing, superpowerful, superintelligent," and lobbying for "self-policing and self-regulation" to avoid being held "liable through existing laws."

"They're Not Superintelligent": Timnit Gebru Discredits Big Tech's AI Claims

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The U.K. gets it. The highest praise goes to Connor Leahy’s team.

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ControlAI @controlai.com · 01/10/2026

Lord Sedwill, who served as Cabinet Secretary - the UK's most senior civil servant - and National Security Adviser, backs our campaign for binding rules on the most powerful AIs! 170+ UK lawmakers recognize the risk of human extinction from superintelligent AI.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s also a good intro to Global Workspace Theory.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

youtu.be/IkdziSLYzHw?... This talk is a useful, approachable intro to neural nets. It also is a cautionary tale on developing super intelligence without human control. I’m sharing this link with **someone** out there. If you’re that person, I hope you share it with some other someone.

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Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton

YouTube video by The Royal Institution

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In case you didn’t notice, this ad was created and paid for by Palintir.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This full-page ad appeared in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. What do you think about it?

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MPs and peers across parties are sounding the alarm on superintelligent AI. The warnings have been heard. It's time to act. We need to prohibit the development of superintelligence.

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NEW: Lara Bird MP has backed our campaign! Over 150 UK politicians now recognize the risk of human extinction posed by superintelligent AI, calling for binding regulation on the most powerful AI systems.

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Four more Labour MPs just joined our campaign! Cat Eccles, Jeff Smith, Yasmin Qureshi and Patrick Hurley. Over 160 UK lawmakers now support our campaign for binding regulation on the most powerful AIs, recognizing the risk of extinction posed by superintelligent AI.

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ControlAI @controlai.com · 14/09/2026

"The only winner is superintelligence. If America builds superintelligence, America will cease to exist. If China builds superintelligence, China will cease to exist, as will all other countries." ControlAI's US Executive Director Connor Leahy on NewsNation:

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In Canada, 30+ MPs and Senators back our call for an international prohibition on superintelligent AI. Grant Jackson MP is the latest - it's great to see this coalition continue to grow!

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026... Last week the first bill to ban Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) was introduced in the U.K. Parliament (see linked draft). It provides a framework for preventing the catastrophic risks connate with ASI. I’m sharing this draft with our reps in the U.S. Senate.

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Artificial Superintelligence - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : ' Artificial Superintelligence' on Tuesday 8 September 2026.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@samueart2-ellen.bsky.social Replying to your quote about aphorisms, alignment & truth. Just wanted to say the alignment problem is at the core of all texts, not just aphorisms. Example: “Less is more” is an aphorism that may be true, but the not-aphorism “Less is less” may be true just as often.

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Two memorable lines: Madrigal früher Singvögel in ihren grünen Verstecken… Thanks.

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=_xod... Excellent summary of why ASI must be banned now. We may be as close as a few months away from a lab growing the first ASI. By then it will be too late for meaningful international regulation.

ControlAI's Connor Leahy on an Anthropic researcher's warning that AI could "kill us all"

YouTube video by Quest Means Business

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=ZqiS... Another super-insightful interview with Connor Leahy. Highly recommended!

EMERGENCY PODCAST: ASI Will Kill Us All!

YouTube video by Tom Bilyeu

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Andrea Miotti @andreamiotti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It was great to speak with @hern.bsky.social on @economist.com podcast about OpenAI’s AIs that went rogue, escaped containment, and hacked Hugging Face. This should be a wake up call. We need an international agreement to ban the development of superintelligence. www.economist.com/podcasts/202...

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

What would Burroughs say about Trump? That he is… - a Mugwump addict, a Reptile with a “little round disk mouth of brown gristle”; -a black marketeer of World War III; - a creature suffering from “unspeakable mutilations of the spirit”; - the source of a foul smell like tainted cheese. #NoKings

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Since I can’t read the article without shucking out $$ for a subscription, why don’t you tell us what OpenAI thinks is “ethical” and critique their argument.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Paywall. Add WIRED to the sizable list of rags that do not know how to nurture a readership. #Wired

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Here’s my two cents’ worth. The same stale clown show of presidential candidates will emerge for 2028, reminding us just how despicable both parties are. Then a brilliant and charismatic independent candidate will step forward and win the presidency. America is SO done with the parties.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Jeder Tag im bösartigen Trump-Panoptikum ist wie das Aufwachen in einem Gemälde von H.R. Giger. #NoKings

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Welcome to the Trump Nobel Peace Prize Tour Peace to Iranian bridges Peace to desalinization plants Peace to fertilizer plants Peace to helium tankers Peace to a million homeless Lebanese Peace to Palestinian gallows Peace to 12-year-old girls rendered into gray smoke. #NoKings

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Since no one else is springing to cartoon-heart my posts, I’ll be my own, albeit pathetic, admirer.

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

A Quick Note to All Friends of the World If you’ve posted anything on this platform (or any other) that might be construed as “anti-Zionist,” I’d encourage you to back up all of your posts. Far better to be prepared before you’re cancelled than sorry afterwards. #NoKings

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Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

—Lao Tzu, Taoteching, 80, translated by Red Pine. This is my favorite poem from the Taoteching - a 2,500 year-old vision, as Red Pine notes, “of what our lives would be like if we were more like the dark, new moon.” (3 of 3)

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

let people return to the use of knots and be satisfied with their food and pleased with their clothing and content with their homes and happy with their customs let there be a state so near people hear its digs and chickens and live out their lives without making a visit (2 of 3)

Stephen Eric Berry @stephenericberry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Imagine a small state with a small population let there be labor-saving tools that aren’t used let people consider death and not move far let there be boats and carts but no reason to ride them let there be armor and weapons but no reason to employ them (1 of 3)