Nicholas Wright

Thanks @IgnatiusPost for discussing my new book published yesterday, Warhead: How the brain shapes war and war shapes the brain, at @UKinUSA. Amazing audience @KembaWalden46 @IskanderRehman @RJohnsonCCW1 and so many more. Thanks all. Available now! amazon.com/Warhead-How-Br…

@DrRadchenko Thinking of this on the beach, I wish I hadn't already read your book...

For UK audiences. *To Run the World* is now available in paperback (as of last week), and can be purchased here: amazon.co.uk/Run-World-Krem…. Priced at £14.99, so never cheaper! Your leisurely beach reaching as the summer arrives.

Excited to start today’s documentary and discussion on AI and geopolitics at the Copenhagen Documentary festival!

In Copenhagen tomorrow - join me, Marc Warner, Elena Andreicheva and Kristoffer Lottrup for a screening and discussion about Elena’s fascinating new documentary Intelligence Rising, in which Marc is a central protagonist… cphdox.dk/live-event/wil…

Good piece on scientific discovery and AI by @profgeraintrees in today’s @FT . Sounds like we need a portfolio: some money spent on AI amplifying work in known areas; some money spent on new data collection in less well known areas. ft.com/content/0c63d0…

Just heard myself on @BBCRadio4 talking humanoid robots, on an advert for an upcoming programme on the China-US tech race with @MishaGlenny. Recorded last month - excited to hear it coming out soon! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… More on humanoid robots see: foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/hum…

My latest in @EngelsbergIdeas Powerful individuals are gaining power at the expense of collective movements and institutions. Why this is happening, and will continue to happen, is because of how the brains of these leaders – and their followers – shape and respond to the world around them. Luckily, we know quite a bit about brains, and that can help make us optimistic in this latest revenge of the individual.

@alastair_benn @EngelsbergIdeas @realzoestrimpel @MirandaMalins @tiffanyjenkins @_paullay Thanks Alastair - always good to meet in person!

@nicholasdwright @EngelsbergIdeas @realzoestrimpel @MirandaMalins @tiffanyjenkins @_paullay Great to see you!

Great fun last night at the launch of @EngelsbergIdeas new App - highly recommend it! Enjoyed chatting with @realzoestrimpel @MirandaMalins @tiffanyjenkins - many more fascinating books to read… Thanks @_paullay @alastair_benn

@tiffanyjenkins @EngelsbergIdeas @realzoestrimpel @MirandaMalins @_paullay @alastair_benn Likewise - ordered your book this morning!

@nicholasdwright @EngelsbergIdeas @realzoestrimpel @MirandaMalins @_paullay @alastair_benn Fab to meet you and talk about your work.

Alas, humans can never be fully “in the loop” controlling everything AI does - that’s an impossible goal, and the pursuit of it detracts from efforts to improve meaningful control that will always remain imperfect. ft.com/content/fedb26… The AI-driven ‘kill chain’ transforming how the US wages war

Training humanoid robots - key for China US competition as I described last year in @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/hum… Interesting new developments in @FT by @rwmcmorrow ft.com/content/85bca5… Inside the labs training China’s humanoid robots

Congratulations @jmichael424 !

Join us live at 2pm PT!

Great to join @drdrew today live at 2pm PT - talking about how the brains of audiences in the west are being targeted by influence operations.

This all sounds a bit disappointing if it’s a fair characterisation: “UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ theguardian.com/technology/202…

Come and join my talk on war and the brain at @SAISHopkins 6pm Italy time - in person in Bologna or virtual! Thanks @DrRadchenko for inviting me. Register here: bipr.jhu.edu/events/4913-BO…

In Bologna this evening - come to a talk on my new book, Warhead, about war and the brain! Join me at @SAISHopkins very kindly hosted by @DrRadchenko. Starts 6pm. bipr.jhu.edu/events/4913-BO…

Great fun giving a talk at ⁦@Cambridge_Uni⁩ psychology dept hosted by ⁦@Sander_vdLinden⁩ moderated by Jon Roozenbeek - Thanks! Talking about my new book Warhead on war and the brain! intelligentbiology.co.uk

Always fun to record at the ⁦@BBC⁩ for ⁦@BBCRadio4⁩ - talking humanoid robots and agentic AI.

Good graph in @adam_tooze @ft I agree this will massively shift power in Europe - and thus the option of carrying on with separate national militaries brings big problems. But… building a huge EU army brings problems too. All options’ pluses and minuses must be compared. ft.com/content/244513…