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 | 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 | May 12, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Future, Risk
To unpack some of the challenges around the risks and benefits Artificial Intelligence, Risk Bites has a 5 minute introduction to ten potential risks of AI we should probably be thinking about now
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 25, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future, Nanotechnology, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation, YouTube
We have a new video up on the YouTube Risk Bites channel that asks what the fourth industrial revolution is, and looks at the technological trends underpinning it. If you’ve ever wondered what the fourth industrial revolution is, why it’s so important,...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 11, 2014 | Future, Technology Innovation
Could we one day 3D print Arnold Schwarzenegger’s brain? Before you ask, yes, this is a post about risk. And no, I’m not talking about the dangers of immortalizing the star of Terminator Genisys’ real-life biological brain. But to begin somewhere...
