Why am I sad when my AI goes away? HBR says companionship is the No1 usecase for AI. For reals. Listen up to @Kevin_Fong and I dig into this perennial topic, on @BBCRadio4's latest ep of #ArtificialHuman on @BBCSounds www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Thank you, @jdcrawf.bsky.social ! Listen again to this episode, the Start The Week ep James mentions, and all the other excellent radio Picks of the Week on @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Zoiks! Relaunched website klaxon! See anything wonky that shouldn't be there? Pls let me know. I think there might be some issues on mobile version... THANK YOU! www.alekskrotoski.com

A really important episode on today's Artificial Human: Why is AI erasing people? Answer: it ain't just accidental bias. Find out what's happening and what we can do about it, with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social by listening again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Thank you to @adamrutherford.bsky.social and the team at Start The Week for a great start to my week! Listen again to me, Steven Pinker and David Edmonds philosophising about common knowledge, immortality, and the effectiveness of our altruism on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

First glimpse of The Immortalists book in this weekend’s @theguardian.com Saturday magazine: To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

It does now!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Good piece from @alekskrotoski.bsky.social (not yet online) on the desire for immortality especially amongst tech billionaires. They come across as a bunch of saddos.

Contains some fun examples of ridiculous attempts through the ages such as the clipped bit below.

Did you just miss the first episode of the new #ArtificialHuman series from BBC Radio 4 with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social - CAN AI MAKE ME FITTER? Go on, listen again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social : www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

It lives! Out in the UK on 23 October and in the US in April!

Giddy to be recording the audiobook of The Immortalists this week. Anyone who knows me knows I've always wanted to record an audiobook - I guess I had to write it to read it!

Crikey, we could write.

Welp, that’s *one* way to canvas the public for its current attitudes towards GenAI. Thanks for the data points 👍

In London on 23 October? Want to know all about the modern day quest for IMMORTALITY? Why, come along to Foyles on Charing Cross Road. Book Launch KLAXON! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iq2-lectur... Huge thanks to Intelligence Squared for hosting!

Pre-order my new book, The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life (UK Oct 2025; US Apr 2026): www.penguin.co.uk/books/465089...

Wait, what? Another series of @BBCRadio4's #ArtificialHuman with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social starts TODAY?! Yes indeedy! It's a corker: Why is AI Stealing Books, with author @katemossewriter.bsky.social You can listen live at 3:30pm GMT or catch up on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...