Commentary

Emerging Technology: Creator of Worlds

W. Michael Guillot

Are artificial intelligence, genetic modification, and human enhancement taboo? Our adversaries may not think so. Should we let imagination lead the way into the future or be stymied by our fears?

The Emerging Life Sciences and the National Security State

Jonathan D. Moreno

Social and behavioral sciences are increasingly converging with basic physical science leaving us to ponder important questions about the nature and limits of the human being in relation to the machine.

Brain Machine Interfaces: Realm of the Possible

Michael P. McLoughlin
Emelia S. Probasco

BMI is a technology with enormous potential that deserves more attention, resourcing, and development. While it is not generally accessible today, technologists, ethicists, and the public should consider its implications now.

Feature Article

Biotechnology: An Era of Hopes and Fears

LTC Douglas R. Lewis, PhD, US Army

Increasing knowledge of genetics and cellular function, coupled with increases in computing power, is allowing development of novel, highly targeted treatments for all manners of disease and injury. However, every new treatment also represents a potential new lethal weapon.

Perspectives

Deterring Emerging Technologies

Col John P. Geis II, PhD, USAF, Retired
Col Theodore C. Hailes, USAF, Retired

Science and technology will continue to drive potentially dangerous technologies such as biotechnology, directed energy, and nanotechnology. Threats from nations, groups, and individuals must be deterred by new thinking.

Additive Manufacturing: From Form to Function

Amanda M. Schrand

For additive manufacturing to be considered a "game changing technology", increases in functionality of the fundamental building block materials and printer configurations is needed to enable the most revolutionary applications.

DARPA Emerging Technologies

Major Paul Calhoun, USAF

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) investigates future force structures including critical breakthrough technologies in disaggregated capabilities, hypersonic strike weapons, and directed energy.

Book Essay

The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Allison Berke

How likely is it that humanity will develop artificial human-level intelligence, and when might that happen? The implication is: a human-level intelligence capable of using abundantly available computational resources will quickly bootstrap itself into superintelligence.

Related Book Reviews

Mind Wars: Brain Science and the Military in the 21st Century
Mind Wars: Brain Science and the Military in the 21st Century
Author: Jonathan D. Moreno
Reviewed by: 1st Lt William Morgan, USAF


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