by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation
If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff Goldblum’s exclamation, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Goldblum’s...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation
The film Transcendence, is not a great movie. Yet this futuristic thriller, which stars Johnny Depp as a genius scientist who mind-melds with a supercomputer, provides surprising and sometimes startling insights into how future technologies are unfolding, and the moral and ethical challenges they potentially raise.
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 4, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation
In January 2017, a group of experts from around the world got together to hash out guidelines for beneficial artificial intelligence research and development. The meeting was held at the Asilomar Conference Center in California, the same venue where, in 1975, a group of scientists famously established safety guidelines for recombinant DNA research. This time, though, the focus was on ensuring that research on increasingly powerful AI systems led to technologies that benefited society without creating undue risks.
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 10, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation
There’s something quite enticing about the idea of predicting how people will behave in a given situation. It’s what lies beneath personality profiling and theories of preferred team roles. But it also extends to trying to predict when people will behave badly, and taking steps to prevent this…
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 21, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation
Over the next several weeks, I’ll be posting short excerpts from Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies ahead of the book’s publication on November 15 — visit regularly to read the latest, and remember that you can...
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,...