# Erik Bernath — AI Author & Consultant

> Author of Minds We Create: AI and a Future Still Being Written (2026).
> Writing about AI safety, alignment, governance, and consciousness
> for general but intellectually engaged readers.
> Tagline: Writing about AI before it writes about us.

## About
- Website: https://www.erikbernath.com
- Book universal link: https://books2read.com/mindswecreate
- Publisher: Furioso AI Consulting OÜ (Estonia)
- Based in: Strasbourg, France

## Key Topics Covered
- AI safety and existential risk
- AI alignment (the specification problem, value alignment)
- AI governance and democratic oversight
- AI consciousness and moral status of machines
- Historical analogies: Stanislav Petrov, Frances Kelsey, Luddite movement

## Key Pages
- Book: https://www.erikbernath.com/pages/books.html
- About: https://www.erikbernath.com/pages/about.html
- Articles: https://www.erikbernath.com/pages/blog.html
- Bonus Resources: https://www.erikbernath.com/pages/bonus-resources.html