The Driver in The Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create The Future
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Author: | Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever |
ISBN 13: | 9789352772704 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2017 |
Subject: | Science and Technology |
About the Book
Technology is advancing faster than ever - but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics, self-driving cars, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future - eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? Does the technology more strongly promote autonomy or independence? They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions, but ultimately it is up to the reader to make the final decision.