Disruptive Technologies

The Bulletin’s disruptive technology vertical tracks a wide variety of scientific and technological advances that could—either in the present or the future—pose an existential threat to humanity. These technology areas include biosecurity and biological threats more generally; generative artificial intelligence and its deployment in various industries; autonomous weapons; digitized surveillance systems; and cyber-enabled information warfare that can pollute, and cause chaos in, the world’s information ecosystem. How can humans attempt to roll out new technologies responsibly, benefitting the greater good without destroying civilization in the process? This space is dedicated to answering that question in all its ethical dimensions.