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Petition: Hold an urgent Citizens’ Assembly on AI and enact its recommendations

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · 16d

I created a petition to draw attention to this topic. It's about to end with less than 90 signatures.

I sent out a press release to journalists & political reps, and shared it widely - but all to no avail.

There's still time to sign and share it though...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

I believe AI is being rapidly developed and released, without regulations to protect us from risks. Given the potentially profound implications, I think society must urgently be consulted through a na...

petition.parliament.uk

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · 16d

"What if I told you I could stop you worrying about climate change, and all you had to do was read one book? Great, you’d say, until I mentioned that the reason you’d stop worrying was because the book says our species only has a few years before it’s wiped out by superintelligent AI anyway."

If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies review – how AI could kill us all

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · 16d

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 machines become superintelligent we’re toast, say Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. Should we believe them?

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · 21d

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...

ControlAI @controlai.com · 26d

Top AI experts say AI poses an extinction risk on par with nuclear war.

Prohibiting the development of superintelligence can prevent this risk.

We’ve just launched a new campaign to get this done.

Petition: Hold an urgent Citizens’ Assembly on AI and enact its recommendations

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · 28d

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...

I believe AI is being rapidly developed and released, without regulations to protect us from risks. Given the potentially profound implications, I think society must urgently be consulted through a na...

petition.parliament.uk

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - Review - Ryan Mizzen

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29d

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

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ControlAI @controlai.com · Sep 8

📚 "A compelling case that superhuman AI would almost certainly lead to global human annihilation."

Those are the words of Jon Wolfsthal, former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, reviewing "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies".

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Sep 6

My blog review can be read here:

www.ryanmizzen.com/the-collecte...

In 1953, a team from the Abraham Lincoln Association published the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - a nine volume set of books.

www.ryanmizzen.com

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Lincoln showed what good leadership looks like. We don’t have to settle for this crop of ineffective leaders; we deserve better, we need better, we can have better - Lincoln is proof of that. Our desperate times call for such leaders to urgently arise.

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Lincoln was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. He had wisdom, empathy, compassion, strength, morality, and (to borrow Doris Kearns Goodwin’s term) political genius, in spades.

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’m delighted to be featured in the newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA).

Last month, I published a review of The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a set of 11 books spanning
~5,200 pages. I shared it with the ALA, and they kindly included an abridged version in their newsletter.

Why does the US support Israel's crimes?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 29

This, by @jasonhickel.bsky.social, is the clearest explanation I have yet read of why the US and UK governments continue to support the Israeli government, regardless of its great crimes against humanity.
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-does-t...

Why does the US support Israel’s genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of overwhelming international condemnation, at massive expense, and to the point of totally debasing ...

jasonhickel.substack.com

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Aug 18

Headline statement:

"According to the 35th annual State of the Climate report, greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across land and oceans, global sea level, and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2024, and glaciers lost the most ice of any year on record."

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 18

Everyone with even the slightest interest in the #climate should read the State of the Climate report 2024

It provides the most comprehensive global analysis of climate breakdown and its manifold impacts

www.ametsoc.org/ams/publicat...

State of the Climate

An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the Am...

www.ametsoc.org

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Aug 17

When multiple Nobel Prize winners warn that AI could be the end of humanity, you’d expect a strong government response.

So… where is it? @controlai.com

aistatement.com

Statement on AI Risk | CAIS

A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear...

aistatement.com

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · Aug 12

‼️EXTRAORDINARY DAY
Dozens of thousands of records are being brutalized in over 150 countries from Japan all the way to Morocco including
WORLD RECORDS of highest temperatures.

We are witnessing the most extreme heat waves in world climatic history
Stay tuned with several tweets coming

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Aug 5

During this time of permcrisis, I find it hard not to despair.

So, in search of hope and inspiration, I took some time to read about one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen - Abraham Lincoln.

This blog contains numerous quotes that stood out for me.

www.ryanmizzen.com/the-collecte...

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - Review - Ryan Mizzen

In 1953, a team from the Abraham Lincoln Association published the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - a nine volume set of books.

www.ryanmizzen.com

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 19

This is one of the best books I've read this year.

Vital reading, and highly recommended!

Roman Krznaric @romankrznaric.bsky.social · Jul 17

It's paperback launch day for HISTORY FOR TOMORROW!
'Enlightening and thrilling' - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
'Brimming with ideas' - @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Find out more: www.romankrznaric.com/history-for-...

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 9

The #AI crisis is here.

"Dorr heads a team of researchers who have studied patterns of technological change over millennia and concluded that the current wave will not just convulse but obliterate the labour market by 2045."

@controlai.com @pauseai.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’

Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepare

The US Has Never Been More Divided on Climate. Here’s How to Build Bridges (and It May Surprise You)

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 6

This fantastic article by @drreneelertzman.bsky.social shows how we can engage people who don't appear to be in support of climate action.

It's vital reading and potentially charts a way forward on the climate crisis, and many other issues besides.

www.desmog.com/2025/03/05/t...

In the autumn of 2014, I was sitting in a tiny shed at a writing residency in Point Reyes, Northern California. I was there to write my book about the psychology of facing planetary crises. One partic...

www.desmog.com

‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 2

7/ ‘A cascade can be more positive’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis - with Timothy Lenton

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton

‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points

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Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 2

6/ ‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points - with Louise Sime

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Despite working on polar science for the British Antarctic Survey for 20 years, Louise Sime finds the magnitude of potential sea-level rise hard to comprehend

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 2

5/ ‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future - with Carlos Nobre

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached

‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 2

4/ ‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs - with @davidobura.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passed

‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield

Ryan Mizzen @ryanmizzen.bsky.social · Jul 2

3/ ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield - with @doctorvive.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther