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Joanna Bryson
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Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html .. more

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Joanna Joy Bryson is professor at Hertie School in Berlin. She works on Artificial Intelligence, ethics and collaborative cognition. She has been a British citizen since 2007.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Feb 19
thread. correct numbers and data backing them come later, but this is the thrust.
j2bryson.bsky.social Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Feb 5
One thing I learned last week was that if you don’t count the BS market capitalisation bubble of 7 “AI” firms, the US economy as measured by the s&p 500 didn’t go up 13% last year; it went down 7%.

The EU may be a larger economy already. We need to get our own O2 mask on, then start helping others.
garymarcus.bsky.social Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · Feb 5
Guess why there was no reporting of AI revenue?

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 8h
Looks like he's not quite dead yet, actually www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls for Starmer to resign: ‘There have been too many mistakes’ – UK politics live
Sarwar says ‘the distraction needs to end’ as he becomes most senior Labour figure to call for PM to stand down
www.theguardian.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 8h
Looks like Starmer is not quite dead yet, actually. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 9h
Less important, but this somewhat boring may be right about SOME of Epstein. Can confirm that the fees people working for MIT get for speaking (from what I hear) are often a LOT higher than what Epstein was paying out (from what I read). paulkrugman.substack.com/p/seduced-by... @pkrugman.bsky.social
Seduced by the Louis XIV Treatment
What JD Vance and his entourage in Milan teach us about Epstein’s magnetism
paulkrugman.substack.com

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Daphne Cortese @cortesedaphne.bsky.social · 9h
When studying animal physiology we carefully control temperature, oxygen…but often ignore who animals live with.

Social context such as parents (1), social environment (2), litter mates (3) can shape physiology and later plasticity (4). We discuss it in this commentary 👉 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 13h
Japan and South Korea are two of the EU's most important partners in this new era. Strongly recommend this read (it assumes you know little and are American, sorry). Thanks Noah Smith for making this visible to non-paying subscribers. www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-takaic...
The Takaichi Era begins for real
Japan is leaving its pacifist era behind. That creates some interesting economic opportunities.
www.noahpinion.blog

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 14h
www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/secu...
Amazon denies that ICE can access Ring camera footage via opt-in ‘Community Requests’ feature
“Ring has no partnership with ICE, does not give ICE videos, feeds, or back-end access” – but alarm bells ring over who can access opt-in ‘Community Requests’
www.digitalcameraworld.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 14h
As much as I dislike anthropomorphism (even of children) I have to agree with that metaphor. Except matches are harder to strike!

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 14h
"Meanwhile, over on social media, the price of freedom is eternal vigilantes – particularly those posting video doorbell footage on neighbourhood group chats, flagging anyone who walks past their house, often on suspicion of being foreign in a built-up area." www.perspectivemedia.com/youre-on-cam...
You’re on camera | Perspective Media
There’s a quotation by American historian Timothy Snyder currently circulating on social media. It comes from the opening of his pamphlet, On Tyranny, and i ...
www.perspectivemedia.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h
Here's that Ring #SuperBowl commercial:

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
But possibly unable as individuals nations. We may even need scale-up beyond the EU. But I have hope we can get this on the agenda for the new rule-of-law oriented trade consortia. #transnationalUtilities

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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 1d
Another example of what Anjuli Shere and Neil Ashdown meant when they wrote, "tech barons use their resources to shape when, how, and which policy issues are considered – acting as the ‘stage on which such politics unfold’, rather than as participants themselves."

bindinghook.com/private-powe...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
IMO the problem is we stopped identifying & regulating utilities – probably because utilities are no longer national, but transnational concerns. This is the kind of thing we need to negotiate new treaties about – how to govern such entities. #transnationalUtilities #digitalGovernance #twitter

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Apparently Pavel Durov sent this to every Telegram user in Spain, + all his own followers. While I actually tend to agree with the content, I also agree with @martingak.bsky.social (on linkedin) pointing out that this is too much power for political communication. 1/2
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Pavel Durov
🇪🇸 My message to Telegram users in Spain ❗️ Pedro Sánchez’s government is pushing dangerous new regulations that threaten your internet freedoms. Announced just yesterday, these measures could turn S...
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/02... nice, quick, near future of AI blogpost. Via @stumpy.com
I Built the Perfect AI Robot. Then I Pulled the Plug. - MacSparky
I built the AI assistant I’ve always wanted. Then I shut it down. For the last few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with OpenClaw, an open source project that started as ClawdBot, then became MultBot, a...
www.macsparky.com

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
This seven minute video gives a better sense of who she is and what she went through. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9dp... She is a hero, she's still fighting – to help inform policy on Iran and Iraq, and she's still finishing her PhD! 2/2 #ElizabethTsurkov
Student on life after captivity by Iraqi terror group: ‘You’re never the same’
YouTube video by ABC News
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Elizabeth Tsurkov is back, and posting on Facebook of all places. I was a huge fan of her work & her twitter feed, then I met here in Princeton and she was weirdly astonished at my admiration. This 9 minute video is truly interesting in her academic assessment of Iraq, among other things. 1/2

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
Interesting that Italian law bans joining international organisations where one member "stands above others." #peaceBoard #democracy

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 1d
to be fair, the outcome of the Thailand one seems to be less clear

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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 1d
Italy found a reason to say no too 😎 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
Italy says cannot join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ because of constitution
Under constitution Italy cannot join because power would be wielded by one leader standing above other members.
www.aljazeera.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d
ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
If you're protesting ICE, it might be a good idea to wear a mask.
www.sfgate.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com

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