A dangerous master : how to keep technology from slipping beyond our control / Wendell Wallach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallach, Wendell, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Effect of technological innovations on.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Inventions--Social aspects.

Inventions.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Social groups.

Progress--Social aspects.

Progress.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Basic Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and hackers can 3D-print guns as well as tools; and supercomputers can short-circuit Wall Street just as easily as they can manage your portfolio.One thing these technologies can't do is answer the profound moral issues they raise. Who should be held accountable when they go wrong? What responsibility do

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1. Navigating the Future; 2. A Prediction; 3. The C Words; 4. The Pace of Change; 5. Trade-offs; 6. Engineering Organisms; 7. Mastery of the Human Genome; 8. Transcending Limits; 9. Cyborgs and Techno Sapiens; 10. Pathologizing Human Nature; 11. Drivers of the Storm; 12. Terminating the Terminator; 13. Engineering for Responsibility; 14. Tools for Governance; 15. Guild Navigators; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

908671164