Dangerous Master

Wendell Wallach has gained international recognition as an expert on the ethics and governance of emerging technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence and biotechnologies. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA), where he is the founder and co-director of the AI and Equality Initiative. Additionally, Wallach holds the position of senior advisor to The Hastings Center and is a scholar at the Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, where he chaired Technology and Ethics studies for eleven years. Alongside Colin Allen, he co-authored the widely cited book Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong, which explores the potential for implementing moral decision-making capabilities in AI.

• PREFACE ix1 Navigating the Future 12 A Prediction 233 The C Words 314 The Pace of Change 575 Trade-offs 756 Engineering Organisms 957 Mastery of the Human Genome 1138 Transcending Limits 1359 Cyborgs and Techno Sapiens 16110 Pathologizing Human Nature 18511 Drivers of the Storm 19712 Terminating the Terminator 21313 Engineering for Responsibility 23514 Tools for Governance 24715 Guild Navigators 259ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2 6 7NOTES 2 6 9BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 8 3INDEX 3 1 7

"It would be hard to find a more thoughtful, better prepared guide through the difficult terrain of emerging technologies than Wendell Wallach, as he demonstrates yet again in this comprehensive, erudite, and highly readable book. This is a must-read volume." -- Braden Allenby, professor of civil and environmental engineering- Arizona State University