The World Economic Forum asked "leaders from business, government, academia and nongovernmental and international organizations" to take a survey on the potential risks and benefits of different emerging technologies. They seemed to think the space technologies will have little benefit and pose little risk. Energy capture, storage, and transmission has the great promise and little downside. Geoengineering offers little benefit in relation to the risks. And AI/Robotics will either make a hell or heaven of our planet.
Monday, 30 January 2017
What new technologies carry the biggest risks?
