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Date: Jan 16, 2015 13:13 UTC
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This post includes links to several research efforts into risks associated with emerging technologies such as Emerging Nanotechnologies and Synthetic Biology
http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/world-economic-forum-highlights-risks-emerging-technologies/
Date: January 15, 2015 at 9:24:05 AM EST World Economic Forum highlights risks of emerging technologies by Andrew Maynard The challenges of governing emerging technologies are highlighted by the World Economic Forum in the 2015 edition of its Global Risks Report. Focusing in particular on synthetic biology, gene drives and artificial intelligence, the report warns that these and other emerging technologies present hard-to-foresee risks, and that oversight mechanisms need to more effectively balance likely benefits [â?|]
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Subject: [New post] World Economic Forum highlights risks of emerging technologies
Andrew Maynard | January 15, 2015 at 9:22 am | Tags: Emerging Technologies, Global Risks, WEF, World Economic Forum | Categories: 2020 Science, Environmental Health, Technology Innovation | URL: http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/?p=14122