Aleks Krotoski

Methinks Elon’s tweaked Grok’s algorithm a little too far.

Go on, search “Elon grok” in the search bar.

The greatest books of 2025 Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history

The Immortalists has been called “One Of The Greatest Books of 2025” by @telegraph.co.uk! I am so darn chuffed. Get a copy for the Immortalists in your life, or anyone curious about what Silicon Valley’s billionaires plan to do with all their extra years www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

AI World Clocks The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.

Lovely compare and contrast. Choose your own AI! clocks.brianmoore.com #artificialhuman

I would like to be surprised, but the only thing that shocks me is that what I wrote in #theimmortalists has already come true (out now in the UK & US in March)

Orange books on a table in a bookshop

Books books books! I’ve been out and about in Central London lately, signing copies of The Immortalists. Get you SIGNED COPY now at Foyles, Waterstones Gower Street/Piccadilly/TCR, Hatchard’s Piccadilly, and Primrose Hill Books! Also available in all formats wherever you get your reads.

The Immortalists by Aleks Krotoski review – the downsides of cheating death Life extensionists like Bryan Johnson want to live forever. But at what cost?

I've reviewed The Immortalists by @alekskrotoski.bsky.social, for the Guardian.

My boyfriend notes: "Speaking of immortality, the Guardian needs to update your byline photo". OUCH.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Screen capture of the New Scientist review of The Immortalists by Aleks Krotoski

Omg the reviews are coming in. “brilliantly dispassionate reporting” is the highest honour I could get as a journalist. The Daily Mail calls The Immortalists “riveting”. The Financial Times calls it “an entertaining and insightful account”. HBD to me no that’s dust in my eye

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Today on The Bunker, @misszing.bsky.social sits down with @alekskrotoski.bsky.social, author of The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life, to unravel the strange, ego driven world of techno - immortality. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod

#podcast #tech

Times Radio on X: "“They believe that they are today’s alchemists and that AI is their philosopher’s stone.” The “midlife crises” of an extremely influence group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is transforming global politics, says author and social psychologist Dr @AleksK. @HugoRifkind https://t.co/k68BTSAF50" / X “They believe that they are today’s alchemists and that AI is their philosopher’s stone.” The “midlife crises” of an extremely influence group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is transforming global politics, says author and social psychologist Dr @AleksK. @HugoRifkind https://t.co/k68BTSAF50

Crossposting this, from @thetimes.com and @hugorifkind.bsky.social, who asked excellent questions about The Immortalists today. Positively a pleasure! Thank you!

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YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Weekend Update: Biohacker Chuck Spyro - SNL

m.youtube.com/watch?v=a-eK... The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life. Fighting Chuck Spyro on every page. Out Thursday. Preorder now! www.penguin.co.uk/books/465089... #chuckspyro

Girls, games, chaos. It's Channel 4's Bits! 🎮

@alekskrotoski.bsky.social speaks with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social about her time as a host of the absolutely feral '90s Channel 4 gaming show, Bits!

Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome

#gaming #videogames #Channel4 #bits

Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - live updates Many of the world's biggest apps including Snapchat, Duolingo and Roblox have gone down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.

be nice to tech support this morning, folks. AWS is down, so most of the internet is broken #apocalypse #wheresthepopcorn
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

🚨ICYMI🚨

A deep dive into the era defining PlayStation and the legendary Tomb Raider with @alekskrotoski.bsky.social and @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome

#tombraider #laracroft #ps1 #playstation

OK, THIS WAS SO EXCITING. Miranda picked me up after I faceplanted on a cobblestone and broke my rib. And then she asked me questions about computer gaming and I was giddy.

Who Wants to Live Forever? | Cheltenham Festivals In The Immortalists, Aleks Krotoski journeys from the fringes of experimentation to Silicon Valley to investigate the growing quest to ‘cure’ ageing. Hanna

Oh hai UK! I’m here and ready for book launch week - starting on SATURDAY at #cheltlitfest, onstage with @hannamade and @juliawheeler01: Who wants to live forever? Get tix here! www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-w...

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

BBC Radio 4 - The Artificial Human, Why is AI erasing people? Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.

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...

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Steven Pinker on common knowledge Steven Pinker, Aleks Krotoski and David Edmonds, with Adam Rutherford.

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...

‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability …

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...

‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability …

It does now!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

In 1889, in Paris, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, a distinguished and celebrated physiologist and member of the Royal Society, stood before an esteemed audience of peers at the Société de Biologie and gave what became his most famous presentation. Sensing himself growing old at the age of 72, Brown-Séquard had started investigating loss of sexual function, and claimed to have found the right treatment: an injection into both of his arms of a mixture of blood taken from the gonads, semen and "juice extracted from a testicle" of a dog or a guinea pig.

He was met with stunned silence. There had been research suggesting that something as yet unidentified in the sex organs was a salve for the effects of age (at least in men). After his treatment, Brown-Séquard reported improved energy levels, muscle rejuvenation, cognitive functioning, and heightened abilities and skills in the bedroom. Alas, it proved to be a potent form of placebo effect.

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...

Hardback copy of The Immoralists by Aleks Krotoski

Dedication - To the Grim Reaper: congratulations on your retirement

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!

The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life (out UK 23 Oct 2025)

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...