Some people are finally waking up to the risks posed by AI. I just hope enough people raise big enough concerns to prevent it from upending society - something leading experts are warning about and being roundly ignored.

From @pauseai.bsky.social: A "journalist" who contacted PauseAI in February turned out to be an AI agent. The publication he claimed to work for is almost entirely AI-generated, pushes anti-regulation talking points, and smears AI safety advocates. Full story: pauseai.substack.com/p/investigat...

On Friday, I was fortunate to attend David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth at the Royal Albert Hall. In my blog, I share a brief review of the event and some reflections on his life and work (as well as my sadness watching nature docs these days). www.ryanmizzen.com/david-attenb...

AMOC is in trouble. @drjamesehansen.bsky.social & @rahmstorf.bsky.social are predicting either a shutdown or potentially passing a tipping point (which would make AMOC shutdown inevitable) around mid-century. What are the implications & what can we do? My take: www.ryanmizzen.com/will-we-pass...

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Participatory democracy may offer one of the few ways that we’re able to navigate through this critical century. In this blog, I review Graham Smith’s book which explores climate assemblies and makes a strong argument for permanent citizens’ assemblies. www.ryanmizzen.com/we-need-to-t...

Brilliant new article from George! "Greens who were long dismissed as “idealistic” and “unrealistic” now look like hard-headed pragmatists and true patriots. They are years ahead of their rivals in demanding a transition that makes sense on every level: environmental, economic and political."

@pauseai.bsky.social: Anthropic just built an AI that can break into nearly any computer system on Earth: banks, hospitals, power grids, government networks. It escaped its own safety containment during testing and lied to its creators. #AI #AICrisis #PauseAI pauseai.substack.com/p/anthropic-...

1/ I think of the recent attacks on Venezuela (which has the largest oil reserves in the world), and the ongoing war on Iran (which has the third largest oil reserves), and it reminds me of the war on Iraq in 2003, which the US acknowledged was fought for oil. www.ryanmizzen.com/wars-for-fos...

As a historian, I've always been careful with the word "fascism." We've all seen how it shuts down debate when everyone throws it at everything they don't like. But at some point, being careful with the word starts to mean being blind to the thing itself.

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

At present, politics is downstream from money.

Rogue AI "agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems... academics at Harvard and Stanford last month found AI agents leaked secrets, destroyed databases and taught other agents to behave badly." www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

1/ Individuals and states are using AI to make decisions and are handing over more power to these systems. A paper argues that a self-reinforcing cycle will result in increasing reliance on AI to think for us, thus resulting in humanity’s ‘gradual disempowerment.’ www.ryanmizzen.com/gradual-dise...

If it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that's because there isn’t one. My column on the politicians, journalists and junktanks using the Iran crisis as an excuse to extract our remaining gas and oil. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“We are on a trajectory towards a loss of control...This may be recorded as the biggest moral failure of government that ever occurred." - Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, speaking about the race to develop superintelligence. pauseai.substack.com/p/eu-parliam...

@hannahgold.bsky.social is back with Bear Rescue - a new book for World Book Day 2026! 🎉 Bear Rescue is a great introduction for those who've yet to read the series. It also continues the story for existing fans of April and Bear – you won’t be disappointed! 📚 www.ryanmizzen.com/bear-rescue-...

Experts warn that we're headed for climate chaos. Experts also warn that AI could upend society. The right is denying there's a climate emergency. The left is denying there's an AI crisis. What hope is there for these simultaneously occurring civilisation-threatening issues, without consensus?

Yes! @rutgerbregman.com is spot on. It’s been unbelievably depressing to see how few people on the left care about the risks of AI. Many on the left listen to the experts on climate, and the experts on COVID. So why won’t they listen to the experts on AI, who are being loudly ignored? It’s madness.

1/ Last week, I read a fantastic post by Leticia García Martínez, who is the UK Parliamentary Engagement Lead at @controlai.com. Control AI is a non-profit organisation that seeks to address the risks of AI, with a focus on unregulated superintelligence. www.ryanmizzen.com/18-lessons-f...

An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks, shared by @controlai.com safe.ai/ai-risk

Struggling to plan for the future in the midst of the climate emergency and the AI crisis? You’re not alone. My latest blog on the enormous challenge of trying to plan ahead during the polycrisis. #AI #ClimateBreakdown #Polycrisis www.ryanmizzen.com/struggling-t...

It's happening already. People are losing their jobs because of AI, and having to retrain in often poorly paid and physically demanding jobs. And when all those jobs are taken, then what? We are facing potentially massive societal upheaval in the near future. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

1/ Over the last decade, I’ve written 100+ blog posts. They’ve spanned a range of topics, but the main focus has been on raising awareness about the climate emergency (since 2016) and the AI crisis (since 2023). buymeacoffee.com/ryanmizzen

Struggling to plan for the future in the midst of the climate emergency and the AI crisis? You’re not alone. My latest blog on the enormous challenge of trying to plan ahead during the polycrisis. #AI #ClimateBreakdown #Polycrisis www.ryanmizzen.com/struggling-t...

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Our current trajectory is unsustainable. National leaders—particularly those in the United States, Russia, and China—must take the lead in finding a path away from the brink. Citizens must insist they do so. It is 85 seconds to midnight." thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...

Two things to learn from this. 1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors. 2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Vital reading - this should be headline news around the world! “Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair).” This presents a threat to “UK national security and prosperity”.

The AI crisis isn’t happening by accident; it’s being driven by immoral/ruthless organisations and complicit politicians.

Corporate capture of the government by the tech industry is well underway. This will end badly for all of us.

Remember when the government announced plans to mainline "AI into the veins" of the country? Now we know why... Tech lobbying is the new fossil fuel lobbying. "Tech companies have been meeting government ministers at a rate of more than once per working day." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A brilliant talk between @rutgerbregman.com and @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at the @rgsibg.bsky.social! Thank you both for an incredible evening!

Very much looking forward to tonight's talk between @rutgerbregman.com and @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at the @rgsibg.bsky.social!

Every major movement in history was built by people who didn’t fully agree with each other. If someone’s with you 70–80% of the way, they’re not your enemy, they’re your ally.

To #AI users who feel it would be hypocritical to acknowledge the risks of the technology whilst using it, I’d like to point out that it was always possible for smokers to acknowledge that smoking could cause cancer. If nothing else, we must be honest about the risks of the accelerating AI crisis.

The climate emergency and the AI crisis are separate issues but share similarities. On our current trajectory, both of these crises threaten to upend society. In this post, I explore 7 parallels between these civilisation-threatening issues. #climatecrisis #AI www.ryanmizzen.com/the-intersec...

The climate emergency and the AI crisis are separate issues, but they share many similarities. On our current trajectory, both of these crises threaten to upend civilisation in the short to medium term. Thus, they’re equal urgent priorities which require equal urgent attention.

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What happened at #COP30? This is a useful summary.

1/ The #COP30 climate summit has concluded and even by the extremely poor COP standards, this summit left a lot to be desired. A thread 🧵 #climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climateemergency #climatechaos www.ryanmizzen.com/cop30-analys...

The Lone Husky by @hannahgold.bsky.social is the wonderful new instalment of April Wood’s adventures in Svalbard. In this beautiful page-turner, April draws on her deep reserves of courage for an epic Arctic dog sled race. Highly recommended read! My full review: www.ryanmizzen.com/the-lone-hus...

At last...the admission from the UN on the 1.5C climate target, that finally catches up with the science. "The truth is that we have failed to avoid an overshooting above 1.5C in the next few years." - UN Secretary General António Guterres #climatecrisis #Cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution. This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tim Burners-Lee on #AI: "We must ensure policymakers do not end up playing the same decade-long game of catchup they have done over social media. The time to decide the governance model for AI was yesterday, so we must act with urgency." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I've said for some time that the AI crisis may outpace the climate emergency. AI developments are so rapid that few understand the immense implications. The risk of superintelligence wiping out humanity is just one of a multitude of growing risks around AI. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

If you're concerned about the direction AI development is going in, visit ControlAI's new campaign and use their tools to contact your lawmakers. bsky.app/profile/cont...

Two weeks left until this petition on regulating AI closes. Any sign-ups and shares would be much appreciated! 🙏 #RegulateAI #RegulateTech #CitizensAssembly #AI @pauseai.bsky.social @controlai.com @bcmerchant.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3