Greetings from Berlin, where I will speak today about consciousness and AI/robotics at the World Forum of the future of democracy, tech/AI and humankind Other speakers at the Forum include Hilary Clinton, Susan Schneider, David Gunkel, Joanna Bryson, Sandra Wachter, and various filmmakers

Our #CamFest event is now live From Cambridge to the World: AI and digital policy 📅 16/03/2026 🕠 17:30 — 18:45 📍 The Glasshouse, Innovate Cambridge Hear Cambridge experts explore how AI & digital research & policymaking can drive inclusive & sustainable growth. 🎟️https://bit.ly/4aRpbiW

Q. What makes climate policy stick? A. Institutions A new literature review by @terzibus.bsky.social et al. explores a fundamental question in climate policy: What role do institutions play in making climate policies effective and durable? Read paper: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/publications...

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Very excited to have this conversation about Viet Nam and Palestine. The histories of the Vietnamese and Palestinian people have been intertwined since at least the 1960s, when Palestinians looked to the Vietnamese revolution as a source of inspiration... bit.ly/ACCENTED53

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Wait, this is a book? 📕

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On the move 🏃🏻

Good morning Berkeley! I have some hotel tea for you 🫖

Tune in to this month’s Crossing Channels podcast as Dr @terzibus.bsky.social (Bennett Institute for Public Policy) and Prof Christian Gollier (@tse-fr.eu) debate — and at times disagree — on whether climate policy can truly deliver in the real world. Listen: pod.fo/e/3837de

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Churches around the country are waiting to welcome you this Sunday. Find a service in your area at AChurchNearYou.com. 📍 Chelmsford Cathedral

What's up Berkeley? It's Saturday 🗓️

In Defense of Artificial Suffering New essay from @kamilmamak.bsky.social and the first published contribution to the "Superintelligent Robots" special issue of "Philosophical Studies" @springer.springernature.com that is being edited by John-Stewart Gordon and myself. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Come work with me! We have an elite team at the I School that would be thrilled to have you! 🙂 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05222

Congrats to Team AgeVoicE and Team Rest Assured "VentiAPI" for receiving the Fall 2025 Varian Capstone Award and Chang Capstone Award respectively! 🏆 The teams created solutions for age-related AI performance gaps and for identifying API vulnerabilities. www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/fa...

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Lunch 🥗

Made with paper, glitter, and lots of love ✂️✨ Happy Valentine's Day to our amazing I School community! 💙 💛 More photos can be found here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCJDq7

I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction. Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.

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This is not to be missed! 📚The Master’s Book Club with Diane Coyle in conversation with Sharon Peacock 🗓 Thursday 12 March 2026 🕕18:00 - 19:00 (GMT) 📍Churchill College, University of Cambridge, CB3 0DS Booking is essential: www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/the-ma...

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Food? 🍱

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

Yep. The market problem writ large is exceptionally true in highered. But it won’t matter — and doesn’t matter — to those in charge right now because the point is to strip the institution.

No class today! Woohoo!

Congratulations to the 8 nominees In 2024, we welcomed Philippe Sands to deliver the third annual Reynolds Lecture: From genocide to ecocide: international justice & its discontents. He explored the role of international criminal law, its unintended consequences & its future. Watch: lnkd.in/eXAJ3S5k

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We’re growing! 🚀 The Bennett School is hiring an Associate Professor in Public Policy and an Assistant Professor in Public Policy. Join us and make an impact in public policy. More details: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...

At this AI Impact Summit, the global south is being pitched as a “third way” AI alternative to the US and China. Can it deliver without capitulating to Big Tech? Analysis from @ambakak.bsky.social, Astha Kapoor, Sumedha Deshmukh & Mila Samdub in @restofworld.org: restofworld.org/2026/india-a...

In the search for Nancy Guthrie, AI is complicating things. On a @NPR.org podcast episode, Prof. Hany Farid spoke about how easy it is to create AI content: "if you have a single LinkedIn profile and somebody listened to your voicemail...That's it."

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Good morning Berkeley! Bananas? 🍌

We’re dropping the final four interventions with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, Chenai Chair, and @chinasa.bsky.social. In Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026, we’re reframing the narratives that shape AI discourse, policy, and power today. 🧵

A heartfelt essay on what it means to steward land in community with neighbors who share a vested interest in the health and prosperity of a place.