Stephen Eric Berry
@stephenericberry.bsky.social
Husband of Diane Aronoff, writer, musician, translator.
I create texts w/o the use of machine learning technologies.
To view my film "The Children's Holiday," go to: https://vimeo.com/807495629
Banner image by John Elkerr: https://www.johnelkerr.com/
I create texts w/o the use of machine learning technologies.
To view my film "The Children's Holiday," go to: https://vimeo.com/807495629
Banner image by John Elkerr: https://www.johnelkerr.com/
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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.
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.
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
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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.
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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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."
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!
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October 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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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."
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."
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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.
170+ UK lawmakers recognize the risk of human extinction from superintelligent AI.
October 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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.
170+ UK lawmakers recognize the risk of human extinction from superintelligent AI.
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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.
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.
Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton
YouTube video by The Royal Institution
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September 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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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.
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.
This full-page ad appeared in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. What do you think about it?
September 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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.
The warnings have been heard. It's time to act.
We need to prohibit the development of superintelligence.
September 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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.
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.
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.
September 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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.
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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See our full list of UK parliamentary supporters!
UK Campaign Statement | ControlAI
100+ cross-party UK parliamentarians support our campaign.
controlai.org
September 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
See our full list of UK parliamentary supporters!
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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.
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.
September 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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.
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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"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:
ControlAI's US Executive Director Connor Leahy on NewsNation:
September 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"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:
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!
Grant Jackson MP is the latest - it's great to see this coalition continue to grow!
September 14, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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!
Grant Jackson MP is the latest - it's great to see this coalition continue to grow!
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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.
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.
Artificial Superintelligence - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' Artificial Superintelligence' on Tuesday 8 September 2026.
hansard.parliament.uk
September 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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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.
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.
@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.
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.
September 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
@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.
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.
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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.
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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September 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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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.
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.
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Another super-insightful interview with Connor Leahy. Highly recommended!
Another super-insightful interview with Connor Leahy. Highly recommended!
EMERGENCY PODCAST: ASI Will Kill Us All!
YouTube video by Tom Bilyeu
youtube.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Another super-insightful interview with Connor Leahy. Highly recommended!
Another super-insightful interview with Connor Leahy. Highly recommended!
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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...
@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...
July 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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...
@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...
When A.I. Becomes an Enemy - Connor Leahy
YouTube video by Soft White Underbelly
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September 11, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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
- 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
April 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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
- 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
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
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
April 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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
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
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
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
April 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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
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
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)
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)
April 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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)
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)
Make no mistake. The man we saw on our TV screens tonight would do ANYTHING to flee his Persian debacle. This includes dropping a nuke on Tehran. Ah, c’mon, you might say, That’s crazy. If this is you, listen to a little song that channeled Trump 54 years ago.
#NoKings
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#NoKings
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Political Science - Randy Newman | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special
youtu.be
April 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Make no mistake. The man we saw on our TV screens tonight would do ANYTHING to flee his Persian debacle. This includes dropping a nuke on Tehran. Ah, c’mon, you might say, That’s crazy. If this is you, listen to a little song that channeled Trump 54 years ago.
#NoKings
youtu.be/olOk5cK4lqQ?...
#NoKings
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Deflated.
Depressed.
Delusional.
Dreary.
Detached.
Weary.
Arid.
Leaden.
Monotonal.
Sheepish.
Inhibited.
Weary.
Dreary.
What else is there to say about Trump lying to the American people tonight?
This is what an obliterated human being looks like.
#NoKings
Depressed.
Delusional.
Dreary.
Detached.
Weary.
Arid.
Leaden.
Monotonal.
Sheepish.
Inhibited.
Weary.
Dreary.
What else is there to say about Trump lying to the American people tonight?
This is what an obliterated human being looks like.
#NoKings
April 2, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Deflated.
Depressed.
Delusional.
Dreary.
Detached.
Weary.
Arid.
Leaden.
Monotonal.
Sheepish.
Inhibited.
Weary.
Dreary.
What else is there to say about Trump lying to the American people tonight?
This is what an obliterated human being looks like.
#NoKings
Depressed.
Delusional.
Dreary.
Detached.
Weary.
Arid.
Leaden.
Monotonal.
Sheepish.
Inhibited.
Weary.
Dreary.
What else is there to say about Trump lying to the American people tonight?
This is what an obliterated human being looks like.
#NoKings
News for Fox viewers:
-We did not “win” in Afghanistan. The Taliban are still in charge. Cost: 46K dead Afghan civilians & 2,459 U.S. soldiers.
- We did not “win” in Iraq. We decapitated a Sunni dictatorship & ceded the country to Iran. Cost: 300K dead Iraqi civilians & 4,400 dead U.S. soldiers.
-We did not “win” in Afghanistan. The Taliban are still in charge. Cost: 46K dead Afghan civilians & 2,459 U.S. soldiers.
- We did not “win” in Iraq. We decapitated a Sunni dictatorship & ceded the country to Iran. Cost: 300K dead Iraqi civilians & 4,400 dead U.S. soldiers.
April 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
News for Fox viewers:
-We did not “win” in Afghanistan. The Taliban are still in charge. Cost: 46K dead Afghan civilians & 2,459 U.S. soldiers.
- We did not “win” in Iraq. We decapitated a Sunni dictatorship & ceded the country to Iran. Cost: 300K dead Iraqi civilians & 4,400 dead U.S. soldiers.
-We did not “win” in Afghanistan. The Taliban are still in charge. Cost: 46K dead Afghan civilians & 2,459 U.S. soldiers.
- We did not “win” in Iraq. We decapitated a Sunni dictatorship & ceded the country to Iran. Cost: 300K dead Iraqi civilians & 4,400 dead U.S. soldiers.