public-health-parallels
Comparisons between managing technological risks and historical public health crises to draw lessons for effective containment.
1 chapter across 1 book
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma (2023)Mustafa Suleyman; Michael Bhaskar
Chapter 13 discusses the critical necessity of containment strategies in managing emerging technologies, particularly AI, drawing parallels with public health and regulatory responses to past crises like pandemics. It critiques existing legislative efforts such as the EU AI Act for being either too narrow or ineffective, highlights China's proactive regulatory measures, and underscores the challenges posed by international treaties and human cognitive biases in addressing global risks. The chapter emphasizes the importance of feasible containment to prevent catastrophic outcomes in the twenty-first century.