Emerging Technology Risk Concept

An Emerging Technology Risk Concept is a technology risk concept that is a future hazard assessment identifying potential dangers from rapidly developing technologies.

• AKA: Novel Technology Hazard, Frontier Technology Risk, Breakthrough Technology Danger.
• Context:
  • It can typically involve Emerging Technology Risk Assessments evaluating emerging technology risk probability.
  • It can typically require Emerging Technology Risk Mitigation through emerging technology risk strategies.
  • It can typically generate Emerging Technology Risk Debates among emerging technology risk stakeholders.
  • It can typically inform Emerging Technology Risk Policy guiding emerging technology risk governance.
  • It can typically evolve with Emerging Technology Risk Understanding from emerging technology risk research.
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  • It can often manifest as Emerging Technology Risk Scenarios projecting emerging technology risk outcomes.
  • It can often trigger Emerging Technology Risk Responses from emerging technology risk regulators.
  • It can often influence Emerging Technology Risk Investment in emerging technology risk safety measures.
  • It can often shape Emerging Technology Risk Communication to emerging technology risk public.
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  • It can range from being a Known Emerging Technology Risk Concept to being an Unknown Emerging Technology Risk Concept, depending on its emerging technology risk predictability.
  • It can range from being a Near-Term Emerging Technology Risk Concept to being a Long-Term Emerging Technology Risk Concept, depending on its emerging technology risk timeline.
  • It can range from being a Local Emerging Technology Risk Concept to being a Global Emerging Technology Risk Concept, depending on its emerging technology risk scope.
  • It can range from being a Reversible Emerging Technology Risk Concept to being an Irreversible Emerging Technology Risk Concept, depending on its emerging technology risk permanence.
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  • It can encompass AI risks from artificial general intelligence.
  • It can include nanotechnology risks like grey goo scenarios.
  • It can cover biotechnology risks from genetic engineering.
  • It can address quantum computing risks to cryptographic security.
  • It can consider robotics risks affecting employment patterns.
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• Example(s):
  • AI-Related Emerging Technology Risks, such as:
    • Superintelligence Control Problem threatening human agency.
    • AI Alignment Failure causing value misalignment.
    • Autonomous Weapons Proliferation destabilizing international security.
  • Biotechnology Emerging Technology Risks, such as:
    • Engineered Pandemic Risk from synthetic biology.
    • Gene Drive Escape affecting ecosystem balance.
    • Human Enhancement Inequality creating social stratification.
  • Nanotechnology Emerging Technology Risks, such as:
    • Grey Goo Scenario causing ecological catastrophe.
    • Molecular Manufacturing Weaponization enabling mass destruction.
    • Nanoparticle Toxicity threatening human health.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Established Technology Risks, which involve mature technologies with known hazards.
  • Natural Risks, which arise from natural processes without human technology.
  • Traditional Risks, which predate modern technological development.
• See: Existential Risk, Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, Technology Relinquishment Concept, Grey Goo, Superintelligence, Risk Assessment, Technology Governance.

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