Existential Threats beyond the Bomb: Emerging Disruptive Technologies in the Age of AI
Policymakers must learn from nuclear history and, instead ofusing powerful tools to create novel weapons of mass destruction, leveragethese technologies for the benefit of humanity, argue Konrad Seifert, Anemone Franz, Emil Nafis Iftekhar
et al for the
EuropeanLeadership Network. They outline the evolution of the risk landscape aroundemerging disruptive technologies and draw parallels between the dangers posedby nuclear weapons and those posed by novel biotechnologies. They explore thebroader challenge of governing emerging technologies and suggest potential waysforward. Clear steps must be taken to responsibly govern the increasing accessto previously well-controlled knowledge, tools, and applications.
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