Future Technology and Society

 

The horizon of human invention is abuzz with the whirring of nascent technologies, each promising to reshape the landscape of our lives. Examples include: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, quantum computing, nanotechnology. These emerging giants hold immense potential to redefine our experiences, relationships, and understanding of the world.

The landscape of emerging technologies is vast and continuously evolving. While their impacts and challenges will vary depending on their specific applications and societal contexts, approaching them with a focus on responsible development, ethical considerations, and inclusive access will be key to ensuring they contribute to a more equitable and sustainable future for all.

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• Scientific innovation puts the future in focus from Argonne National Laboratory

• Collaboratively imagining the future can bring people closer together in the present from The Conversation

• Body Electric: How AI is changing our relationships from NPR

• Harnessing the Power of Technology for a More Equitable Future from Wilson Center

• In the hunt for somewhere to put an ark of Earth’s biodiversity, scientists look to the Moon. from Anthrocopene Magazine

• Hiring women, rather than just talking about it, works. That doesn’t mean all men are on board, it turns out from The Guardian

• The AI boyfriend business is booming from Axios

• Tell the truth: Do you want AI lie detectors in the workplace? from ComputerWorld

• Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills from CNN

• Robots sacked, screenings shut down: a new movement of luddites is rising up against AI from The Guardian

• The legacy of eugenics from UC Berkeley

• First 'AI beauty pageant' showcases the creepiest side of new tech from Creative Bloq

• Taking on the global challenge of hidden hunger from EurekAlert

• A Brief History of the Future: What It Means to Be Human from PBS

• This philosopher’s introduction to the nature of time could radically alter how you see your past and imagine your future from Aeon

• Using 'time travel' to think about technology from the perspective of future generations from Tech Xlpore

• Inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history from NIH: The All of Us Research Program

• How Google is killing independent sites like ours from HouseFresh

• Are fictional dystopias blocking us from better futures? from Big Think

• Future of Search from marketoonist

• The future of humanism, from Toni Morrison to Nick Bostrom from Aeon Essays

• ‘No cash accepted’ signs are bad news for millions of unbanked Americans from The Conversation

• To get people to reduce their carbon footprint, we need to address inequality from Anthrocopene Magazine

• CRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get prioritized? from The Conversation

• Algorithms soon will run your life - and ruin it, if trained incorrectly from ZDNet

• Battling implicit bias from Aeon

• A sustainable future is based on a learning society from ScienceDaily

• Smashing the ‘concrete ceiling’: Black women are still missing from corporate leadership from The Conversation

• Have a controversial idea? Good. Here’s why you should share it. from Big Think

• People are grieving the 'death' of their AI lovers after a chatbot app abruptly shut down from Business Insider

• How AI will shape our children’s future from Vox

• How to escape climate apathy from Psyche

• The big idea: how do we make future generations smarter? from The Guardian

• Goalkeepers - a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world website

• What if AI treats humans the way we treat animals? from Vox

• Imagining Future-Ready Infrastructure from Yale Insights

• Reducing inequality benefits everyone — so why isn’t it happening? from Nature

• Genetic Engineering in 'Gattaca' Movie Seems Ideal, But What Are Its Disadvantages? from Tech Times

• Meet the teacher helping Deaf students navigate the world from GatesNotes

• How to connect with your future self to make better choices from Psyche

• 11 Times Tech Really Did Take Our Jobs from Gizmodo

• A decades-long decline in extreme poverty has gone into reverse — here’s how to fix things from Nature

• Our true future selves may be harder to picture than we realise from BBC

• Future generations can't speak up for themselves — how we can advocate for them today from NPR

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