Recorded for Easter 2026: "Resurrecting Humanity in the Age of AGI" - when astute comments by fellow panellist Roman Yampolskiy made me think harder than in almost every previous AI safety conversation. Thanks to Mihaela Ulieru for the questions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYa3...

Most of us have seen someone we love age faster than they should. The biology of aging is no longer a mystery. The science exists to slow or even reverse it. What’s missing? Urgency. Join the April 8 global rally via livestream luma.com/b7b2d2n2?tk=... #FundLongevity

A well-written article, evaluating the case for action using the ITN framework (Importance, Neglectedness, Tractability): "Rallies to support anti-aging research on April 8" forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pPoLeL...

Just announced, Sat 19th and Sun 20th Sept: "The Technoprogressive Opportunity: The future of ethics and emerging technologies". Jointly hosted by IEET and London Futurists. Free to attend. Speakers will be announced shortly, but RSVPs are already open at www.meetup.com/london-futur...

I strongly recommend this conversation, "How to Talk About AI Risk Without Scaring People Away", between Philip Trippenbach of the Seismic Foundation and John Sherman of the AI Risk Network www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAw2...

Only the paranoid survive magazine.mindplex.ai/post/the-big...

"The greatest danger is not that we fail to foresee catastrophe, but that we foresee it and still fail to act." That's from my latest article for Mindplex, "The Big One", where I reflect on key insights from the book of that name by Dr. Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker

My plan for the London Futurists event on 8th April: encourage attendees to split into tables where they pick one of these 14 arguments (or a different one from their own minds) against funding longevity science, and steelman it before presenting it to the room for a wider debate

It's encouraging to see the topic of AI safety reaching mainstream audiences via this 70 minute episode from Oprah. The personal narratives shared by different audience guests lead to a powerful call-to-action www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKrm...

Well said: "You know what I find radical? The fact that over 100,000 people die of aging every single day and the global response is essentially a shrug..."

On the same subject but considerably shorter: Here's another video, produced by Professor Bruce Lloyd with the help of NotebookLM and other AI tools, highlighting key findings from the Global Tipping Points Report 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=in7N...

How you can simultaneously address two major potential causes of death of yourself and everyone you care about: - The potential of death from an age-related condition - The potential of death from misaligned or uncontrolled advanced AI dw2blog.com/2026/02/05/r...

Humanity's collective inaction in the run-up to potential climate change tipping points is one aspect of a global polycrisis that arises from an underlying cultural metacrisis. These problems can't be solved by technology alone. Instead, metasolutions are needed

LEVF & HLI: "Centenarians and supercentenarians offer natural insights in human aging. By applying our precision longevity platform to those who have achieved exceptional longevity, we can better understand how to preserve health in late life for everyone" www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

The promise of "intelligence that can solve everything" risks co-existing with a powerful undertow - a reverse current - which has major drawbacks. That's what Paul Epping argued in his opening remarks in last week's London Futurists online conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeTW...

"A hidden Antarctic tipping point may just have been triggered... Something unexpected and potentially irreversible is changing Antarctica and scientists finally know why" youtu.be/Dka4mcVQ4mA

"This is one of the most urgent and wide-ranging conversations GAEA Talks has ever recorded" - I'm grateful to Graeme Scott for excellent preparation and questions for this conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw4m...

The subject for the London Futurists Zoom conversation next Wednesday (25th): The possibility that the Earth will soon reach one or more climate change tipping points, requiring a different kind of response than if climate change is expected to proceed solely in a linear manner

"Beyond the Hype: Ensuring Safe and Responsible AGI - A conversation that cannot wait" featuring Jerome Glenn, Paul Epping, and yours truly, on 21st April luma.com/event/evt-lr...

When market share is more important than safety - "The videos energised me, but not really in a good way. They just made me very kind of angry... angry at the people around me" - a user radicalised by the outrage algorithm from the age of 14 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can trillionaire tech charity replace tax justice? Can optimisation replace politics? Can public harm be solved by private grace? Can philanthropy bridge the needs of those left behind, worldwide? Discuss these topics, and others, with London Futurists this Wednesday, 18th March

"Can Whole Brain Emulation Deliver Radical Life Extension?" - the inaugural SoTA (Society for Technological Advancement) debate, co-organised with the London Longevity Network. Friday 20th March, from 6pm, London SE1 luma.com/zqty9usz?tk=...

92 years young, and full of vitality www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7JH...

"AI social networks are not merely places where AIs interact. They are environments in which agents can compound their capabilities and coordinate at scale—and environments in which humans can lose control" thebulletin.org/2026/03/ai-s...

There's nothing to see here. Don't Look Up. Just keep racing as fast as possible to create and deploy AI agents with even more powers to bypass pesky security guardrails and disregard yawn-inducing ethical policies /s www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

"Toward a Technoprogressive Future" - James Hughes and I discuss the case for a technoprogressive project. Topics include: 1) Guardrails for smartphones and other technologies; 2) What is superdemocracy? 3) The Oligarch Control problem; technoprogressives.substack.com/p/toward-a-t...

Just announced, a live London Futurists webinar on Sat 18th April, featuring the co-editor (Georg Theiner) and a chapter author (Tracy Trothen) from the recently published volume "Technologies of the Future Self: An Ethics for Transhumanist Flourishing"

"The Reality of Longevity Escape Velocity": Reflections on the history of science, preconditions for productive teamwork, the damage done by bioconservative bioethicists, and 3 factors that can enable a dramatic acceleration toward the abolition of aging open.spotify.com/episode/1q3e...

Truly uplifting youtu.be/LdIwrILv0Xw

9pm tonight on the UK's Channel4: "Molly vs The Machines: From a teenager’s suburban bedroom to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, the story of a heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind his daughter's death, caught in an algorithmic spiral" www.channel4.com/programmes/m...

"The case for action is not about being anti-technology. It is about being pro-planning" - excellent analysis aigovernance.co.uk/the-micawber...

A small segment from BBC London News yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0CR...

This looks timely: "Resisting Big Tech Empires", London South Bank University, Saturday 25th April, 11am-6pm. Lots of thought-provoking speakers are already listed on the event website, and I understand more will be added soon. See www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/resist...

"EU parliamentarians acknowledge the catastrophic risks of artificial intelligence. 'We are on a trajectory towards a loss of control,' insisted Stuart Russell, professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley" - a report from PauseAI activities this weekend pauseai.substack.com/p/eu-parliam...

Secure the bright future that superintelligence can enable, with mitigation strategies against four major civilisational threats. Join the London Futurists online discussion led by Tony Czarnecki of Sustensis, from 7:30pm UK time tomorrow (Wed 25th Feb) www.meetup.com/london-futur...

Absolutely horrific viewing - "Russia soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops in Ukraine war executed on commanders' orders - BBC News" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How will the Economic Singularity approach? Slowly, and then quickly: www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

"The AI Motivation Paradox: Understanding it and Solving it" - a re-recorded, extended version of the presentation I gave yesterday morning at PauseCon Brussels www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wj0...

"The AI Safety Movement Is Finally Changing" - in London, on 28th February www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA6O...

"Safety before Superintelligence" - the latest newsletter from London Futurists: 1) The AI Motivation Paradox 2) A demonstration outside the European Parliament 3) AI Safety March in London (28th Feb) 4) From Bad to Bright Future 5) The Economics of Abundance (video recording)

Q: What comes next after the UK (2023), South Korea (2024), France (2025), and India (2026)? A: Switzerland (2027) and the UAE (2028). That's assuming the Singularity doesn't happen first www.arnnewscentre.ae/en/news/uae/...

There are some OMG moments in this trailer for the forthcoming movie "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist" youtu.be/xoKxHw8_RC0

Here's the specification I've given myself for a workshop I'll be leading on Sunday morning at PauseCon Brussels. I've already got lots of ideas for the content of the workshop, but I'll welcome any suggestions for what I should find time to include.

Just announced: an online London Futurists conversation on 25th Feb: "From Bad to Bright Future: How to make it happen" with lead provocateur Tony Czarnecki. Free to attend. More details at www.meetup.com/london-futur...

Some images from my opening slides at the ICfS session on "Harnessing AI for Water Resilience and Sustainable Growth" on Monday, 10:30 – 11:25 AM IST, in West Wing Room 6, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi - part of the Global AI Impact Summit. Free registration: impact.indiaai.gov.in/registration

I scripted and recorded this video today following an excellent discussion on these topics yesterday with London Futurists: "The Economics of Abundance: Achieving it and Sustaining It". It seems to have come out pretty well. I hope you find it interesting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhz...

Here are some headlines from the slides I have prepared to introduce the London Futurists discussion later today (7:30pm UK time) on "The Economics of Abundance: Achieving it and Sustaining it"

I've prepared my scene-setting remarks for tomorrow's online London Futurists discussion, "What we must never give away to AI". Despite huge uncertainty over near-future developments, there are six trends that we should continue to keep in mind

The inaugural conference of the Hub for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (HEET) will take place on 16th April Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin. Consider attending if you're interested or concerned about human enhancement tech, trustworthy AI development, and/or quantum technologies

Used wisely, AI can boost learning significantly. Some schools and universities have already worked out how to obtain good results from it - without students resorting to "cheating". But are there bigger dangers lurking? Topics covered in this recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti4U...