multi-use-technology
Technologies that can be applied across diverse domains, including military, civilian, and scientific fields, complicating regulation and control.
1 chapter across 1 book
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma (2023)Mustafa Suleyman; Michael Bhaskar
Chapter 7 of 'The Coming Wave' outlines four defining features of the emerging technological wave, emphasizing the transformative impact of AI and related technologies on military, scientific, and industrial domains. It highlights the increasing accessibility and multi-use nature of advanced technologies, the acceleration of discovery and innovation through AI, and the challenges of controlling and regulating these powerful tools. The chapter draws on examples from warfare, drug discovery, and AI development to illustrate these dynamics and their implications for power and society.