Dawn or Doom

The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies

Gerry McCartney, Steve Tally (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2016
Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services (Verlag)
9781626710573 (ISBN)

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Presents 35 original essays by experts in fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, the “Internet of Things”, synthetic biology, cybercrime, and space travel on the societal effects of these new technologies.

Dawn or Doom: The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies presents 35 original essays by experts in fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, the ""Internet of Things,"" synthetic biology, cybercrime, and space travel on the societal effects of these new technologies.

What if what we had thought was linear societal change driven by technology is actually exponential? What does that mean for us? Is the increase in the rate of change of technology itself a cause for concern?

What is the future of work if robots can do all our work for us? What do concepts like privacy and security mean in an environment in which technology plays an increasingly large but sometimes invisible role?

Will changes advance too fast for us to be able to recognize or mitigate the dangers? Can legislators hope to write effective laws regarding the technologies? Do we know enough about the science that these technologies are based on to even answer straightforward questions about danger and opportunity?

Issues such as these are what Purdue University's annual Dawn or Doom conference was created to explore. With a foreword by Purdue University President Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Dawn or Doom: The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies brings original essays from the speakers at the first two Dawn or Doom events that address segments of these concerns.

Gerry McCartney is Purdue University System CIO, vice president for information technology, and Oesterle Professor of Information Technology. He has been described as one of the nation's leading innovators in higher education technology, and has directed the development and launch of dozens of innovations in improving classroom success, scientific computing and grid computing. Steve Tally is senior strategist for STEM in Purdue University's Public Affairs unit. Tally is the author of two books, Bland Ambition (Harcourt) and Almost America (HarperCollins).

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2016
Verlagsort	IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 305 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik
ISBN-13	9781626710573 / 9781626710573
Zustand	Neuware