Haunting, prophetic and fiercely human. A powerful exploration of survival, resistance and moral reckoning in a world undone by climate collapse. And threatened by the very intelligence it created to save itself. Publishing APRIL 2026. #FloodWatersDown #BookSky

In my novel #TheSentientOnes #AI doesn’t just think. It learns how to lie, manipulate, and deceive, in oder to take control. www.theguardian.com/technology/n... chronospublishing.com/project/bren....

Climate action threatens fossil-fuel industry profits. They’ve spent 50 years trying to prevent it. Most effective has been the industry's propaganda machine — a global network known as the Climate Change Counter Movement. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...

In many people’s conversations, record heat or flooding are still described as odd weather rather than recognised as signs of a shifting climate that affects food prices and public health. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange theconversation.com/ecological-m...

Lyft is the third firm to announce plans to introduce self-driving taxis to the UK capital next year, after Uber and Waymo, the main operator of robotaxis in the US #TheSentientOnes #AI www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sharing a video reading from my groundbreaking sci‑fi novel The Sentient Ones. A near‑future dystopia where #AI, climate collapse,and human psychology collide. An edge‑of‑your‑seat thriller, a philosophical reckoning, and a warning whispered from the world to come. Here, I read the first page.

Captain’s Log, 20.12.25: “Trump presidency is on life support as the sordid black hole of the Epstein coverup grows ever deeper and more murky. Makes Nixon’s Watergate look like a picnic.”

Climate crisis for the UK ranging from 4C rise in temperatures to a 2-metre rise in sea levels. Or a plunge of 6C after collapse of Atlantic Ocean currents. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange @cliftop.bsky.social #FloodWatersDown www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Experts have warned that the world’s ability to feed itself is under threat from the “chaos” of extreme weather caused by climate change. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The results were a shock: although crop yields increase, they become less nutrient-dense. While zinc levels in particular drop, lead levels increase. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Inside the strange experiment that turned AI agents into workers, leaders and believers and they even developed forms of governance and religion. Sounds familiar to me because it echoes my novel The Sentient Ones. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...

From the smoke of the bottle ovens to the glow of the Conversion Enlightenment. A Sentient One, palm blazing with a blue laser, standing before the relics of the Potteries — old industry meeting new guardianship. Clash of revolutions: the Industrial past and the dawn of Conversion Enlightenment

Looking for a Christmas read that’s smart, unsettling and uncomfortably close to home? The Sentient Ones by @authorbnugent.bsky.social - climate crisis, AI control and the thin line between protection and tyranny. A perfect gift for the holidays! #ChristmasReads #SpeculativeFiction #booksky

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With #AI making the news everyday now there's no better time to dip into authorbnugent.bsky.social challenging new novel #TheSentientOnes - a gripping thriller of AI rule in a near future Britain. The perfect Xmas gift too! www.amazon.co.uk/Sentient-One...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels from its online page Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even though scientists calculate that nearly all of the warming is due to human activity. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

There is no universal moral code. Human values change and evolve, and can also vary across companies, cultures and continents. So, from where and how will AI systems develop a moral code? This will affect the lives of millions of people #TheSentientOnes #AI www.leximancer.com/blog/2wjbq54...

Authoritarianism: Tourists will need to provide their social media from last 5 years. So much for free speech! And email addresses, phone numbers, used in last 5 years, and names, addresses, numbers, and birthdays of family members. Solution? Don't visit the USA. news.sky.com/story/us-pla...

Exhibitors are presenting systems designed to share tasks with human workers rather than replace them. This year’s theme encourages developers to explore ways robots can operate in homes, factories, and public environments. #TheSentientOnes #AI interestingengineering.com/photo-story/...

What's happening in publishing in 2026? If you're interested in the industry, this is my take on the coming trends. www.tarynleejohnston.com/blog/publish...

Both The Sentient Ones and my Christmas Ghost Stories now on sale at Trentham Shopping Village, Stoke-on-Trent. Inside the News Kiosk. #TheSentientOnes #AI

Campaign urges PM to rein in development of superintelligence. But chatbots encouraging suicides, people using them as therapists and believing they are gods. “The risks, now, are very serious and we need to be constantly on our guard. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The image appeared to show major damage to Carlisle Bridge following a small earthquake. All rail services there were stopped until inspection. A BBC journalist identified key spots that may have been manipulated by the use of AI. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is AI. It's fake. It's fictional. This is the new world of AI-Evangelism. It's manipulative, disingenuous, and predatory. It targets people who won’t know the difference – aiming to convert through deception for views and ad revenue. #TheSentientOnes #AI youtu.be/eiyvASuow4w?...

China has tried to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands. Massive-scale regreening over the past decades and actively restored thriving ecosystems, specifically in the Loess Plateau #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Chief scientist says #AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control. AI might accelerate biomedical research, improve health, boost productivity, give people more free time. #TheSentientOnes www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

There are lots of big news stories across the world tonight so BBC News at Ten leads again with Mason doing a hatchet job on the British Chancellor. Apart from Westminster journalists no one is interested. His little jibes & dislike of Labour make him very unlikeable. The RW media is equally nasty.

Morrisons Robotic Revolution: UK's First Human-Sized Grocery Aisle Robots. Morrisons supermarket is transforming UK grocery operations by deploying the first human-sized aisle robots in the country. #TheSentientOnes #AI youtube.com/shorts/7AG9U...

Industry measures assess intelligence of AI models, known as benchmarks. These show rapid improvement. As in the pandemic, huge uncertainty surrounds even the best forecasts of AI. It feels like we've gone from the first airplane flight,to concorde. #TheSentientOnes #AI news.sky.com/story/bigger...

“Don’t Look Back” - is this the kind of warning we chose to ignore? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Built on a “skeleton-muscle‐skin bionic system” designed to mimic human movements, Iron moves with fluid, humanlike motion. Engineered to operate in human environments, interact with people, and eventually collaborate with us in daily life. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

The launch of @authorbnugent.bsky.social new novel #TheSentientOnes in Stoke was great fun and his eye-catching robots attracted a lot of attention. My review below + DM me for publicity info or review copies. #booksky #author #scifi #books #publishing simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

He believes we’re not far away from achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI, with human or superhuman levels of intelligence. "I thought 20 to 50 years before we have AGI,” Hinton said in 2023. “ Now I think it may be 20 years or less.” #TheSentientOnes #AI futurism.com/artificial-i...

The UK's first police virtual assistant, powered by #AI has been launched by two police forces as part of a new trial. The AI tool uses the same guidelines and information available to human call handlers to make suggestions and recommendations. #TheSentientOnes news.sky.com/story/theres...

✨ Exciting news! ✨ A brand‑new, in‑depth article has just been published about my debut novel The Sentient Ones. It’s a pulsatingly comprehensive look at the story, the ideas behind it, and the journey so far. #TheSentientOnes #AI centralbylines.co.uk/business/tec...

The average Briton is also thousands of pounds worse off, leading to calls for ministers to “fix our broken relationship with Europe”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The people making AI are the ones who trust it the least. One expert encourages people to ask AI about something they are very knowledgable, so they can spot its errors and understand for themselves how fallible the tech is. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Scientists created a single artificial neuron, for machines that sense and respond to the world like humans. It processes information through electrical pulses. And closer to biological computation to imitate real brain behaviour. #TheSentientOnes #AI interestingengineering.com/innovation/t...

AI is not being built on bad mortgages or inflated advertising metrics. It is being built on something far more fundamental: energy. Energy is the universal currency of civilization. Bet against thermodynamics, and thermodynamics tends to win. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.forbes.com/sites/jasons...

Following pressure from Big Tech and Trump. Companies to share anonymized and pseudonymized personal datasets. And grace period extended for rules governing high-risk AI systems posing “serious risks” to health, safety, or fundamental rights. #TheSentientOnes #AI www.theverge.com/news/823750/...

Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

🌱 The corrugated cardboard industry is steadily transitioning toward more efficient energy use. Recent LCI data revealed a significant reduction in fossil fuel consumption at corrugated mills over the past 2 decades. Learn more about this important progress: www.fefco.org/lca/