by Andrew Maynard | Aug 20, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation
I’m thrilled that my new book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (Mango Publishing) is now available! From the listing: Learn how movies reveal the future of technology Fans of The Science of Interstellar, The Second Machine Age,...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 3, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Ethics, Films from the Future, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation, Society, Technology Innovation
After a hectic summer of writing and editing, I’m pleased (if a little frazzled) to report that the book formerly known as “The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future” is on schedule to be published mid-November of this year. Just to whet your...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 13, 2018 | Films from the Future, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future
I must confess that, over the past year, I’ve taken immersing myself in the movies at the core of The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future rather seriously — perhaps too seriously! Of course, I’ve watched the movies many, many times. But I’ve...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 11, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Future, Human Enhancement, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation
Excerpted from a early draft of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (out November 2018); inspired by the movie Limitless. In 2004, the academic and medical doctor Anjan Chatterjee wrote a review of what he termed “Cosmetic...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 5, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation
Excerpted from a early draft of The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future; inspired by the movie Minority Report. In March 2017, the British newspaper The Guardian ran a web-story with the headline “Brain scans can spot criminals, scientists say”.[1] Unlike in...
