Nicholas Wright

Neuroscience, tech & security @UCL in London, @Georgetown, @NDU_EDU, & @CSIS in DC. New book with @StMartinsPress @panmacmillan on the brain and war: WARHEAD.

[Nicholas Wright @nicholasdwright]

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! https://t.co/UnJPqy6S5Q

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Small by US or Chinese standards - but important!

https://t.co/azB2m5SAXj Europe is finally flexing its innovation muscles

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@pete_apps Looks baking hot!

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Thanks @DanMilmo for putting this together - we will need to program morality into military AI for autonomous systems and we will do it.
My book describes some key components. Will machine morality be perfect? No. But better than ignoring this challenge.

https://t.co/HayfPZRw4N

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@mgubrud Haha, yes.

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Alas, we can’t always have a human “in the loop” - not if we want to compete with serious adversaries. We need to get over this idea. Then we can introduce proper moral constraints instead of having a pointless discussion about an impossible dream. https://t.co/1QGCjTcudW

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Thanks @JNilssonWright - worth listening to for your insightful questions!

[Centre for Geopolitics @CamGeopolitics]

🎧Next episode of 'On Geopolitics, Currents' is out now!

Conflict & Neuroscience: How The Brain Shapes War & How War Shapes The Brain, with @JNilssonWright & @nicholasdwright

Apple https://t.co/HYycL02ODH
Spotify https://t.co/VugtmlK9qq
YouTube https://t.co/sCWeKrueKk

[Centre for Geopolitics @CamGeopolitics]

🎧Next episode of 'On Geopolitics, Currents' is out now!

Conflict & Neuroscience: How The Brain Shapes War & How War Shapes The Brain, with @JNilssonWright & @nicholasdwright

Apple https://t.co/HYycL02ODH
Spotify https://t.co/VugtmlK9qq
YouTube https://t.co/sCWeKrueKk

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Fascinating: AI guardrails stripped from Meta and Google models in minutes via @FT
https://t.co/5uuEpKtUGW

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Thanks @JNilssonWright !

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@nicholasdwright Thanks @nicholasdwright Great conversation and fascinating book which all of us should be reading.

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Thanks @JNilssonWright for a great discussion - on Iran and on what massive elephants in the room that many people in western societies are ignoring today.

[Centre for Geopolitics @CamGeopolitics]

#5 of 'On Geopolitics, Currents' is incoming!

'Conflict & Neuroscience: How The Brain Shapes War And How War Shapes The Brain' with @JNilssonWright & @nicholasdwright

🎧Available soon
Apple https://t.co/HYycL02ODH
Spotify https://t.co/VugtmlK9qq
YouTube https://t.co/ZEFWN47EGK

[Nicholas Wright @nicholasdwright]

Some psychology:
(1) what are the rules for police chasing criminals - not what the public expect. That expectation violation increases the impact on victims.
(2) the <18yo people doing this mostly value its social rewards - target that on social media.
https://t.co/azkOwL0Zaf

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Some psychology:
(1) these are job “cuts”. No, staff levels will rise rapidly (just not as rapidly as expected).
(2) NHS debates are emotionally charged so false claims of “financial ruin” are made. No, just previous planned increases are a costly waste.
https://t.co/fpFWK7PWXy

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Chinese AI groups pull ahead of US rivals in video generation race via @FT
https://t.co/mXTXN2lzUL

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Defence tech start-up Anduril doubles valuation to over $60bn via @FT
https://t.co/RzMfJD3HD1

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Singapore’s @straits_times on the who’s ahead in the China-US tech competition ahead of Pres. Trump’s visit. Thanks @lminzhang

https://t.co/2sJoqR6TaX

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Thanks for recording the audio - and thanks for publishing a piece on a central feature of our human politics now.

[Engelsberg Ideas @EngelsbergIdeas]

🎧Audio essay: Why powerful individuals are dominating politics

From Xi Jinping in China to Narendra Modi in India and Donald Trump in the US, @nicholasdwright explores how powerful leaders are reshaping the rules of the global great game.

https://t.co/RuyGssmRgA

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@robert_lyman @OspreyBooks @SkyandBull Thanks, Robert. Spending the last couple of days with the RAF, this really resonates. I’m keen to learn more stories about them other than the huge (and remarkable) stories of the Battle of Britain and Bomber Command.

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@robert_lyman Thanks, Robert! Sad to miss the “engineer’s walk” on Saturday that involves a pub crawl starting at 6am.

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A serious problem in many developed nations now - caused by governments left, right and centre. So unfair to future generations and makes us pointlessly fiscally fragile.
As U.S. Debt Hits a Worrying Milestone, Washington Barely Notices https://t.co/cb4i419A7y via @NYTimes

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Fantastic to speak on my book Warhead at @RoyalAirForce Boulmer today with officers from across NATO. The human aspects of C2. Thanks for the invite and great questions.