A road map for developing responsible and innovative governance systems based on generative AI and other exponential technologies
As exponential technology rapidly advances, leaders in every sector are faced with the challenge of harnessing its potential power while developing precautionary safeguards against its risks. From generative artificial intelligence to the future of quantum computing, these innovations are transforming the world at an unprecedented rate, leaving decision-makers unsure of how to maintain control and ensure responsible development.
Governing Pandora focuses on multiple exponential technologies in order to demonstrate how leaders can develop responsible and innovative governance systems. This book equips leaders with frameworks and toolsincluding a detailed five-element "exponential governance mind-set"to develop a more holistic tech governance approach for current and future waves of exponential tech. Andrea Bonime-Blanc encourages the development of a culture of collaboration across borders, sectors, and disciplines as technology takes on a bigger role in our ecosystem. She explains the context, risks, and opportunities of the ongoing exponential technology revolution so that leaders can futureproof themselves, their organizations, and key stakeholders with strategies and tactics to act responsibly, ethically, and successfully.
This book speaks directly to executives, board members, policymakers, and organizational leaders who are tasked with charting a course through the advancement of modern technologies. Governing Pandora bridges the gap between exploring pure technology and managing and governing applied technology. Readers will learn not only how to develop a governance mind-set for exponential technology but also how to build organizational resilience.
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This book is an ambitious study of broad and far-reaching topics related to rapidly evolving and potentially impactful technologies....The book will be educational to some, a wake-up call to others, and potentially a guide-book for those in a position to lead governance efforts at levels from individual organizations to nations and global governing bodies. * ClearPurpose *
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"With clarity, wit, and insight, Bonime-Blanc cuts a searing path through a stale and acrimonious debate over 'AI safety' versus 'AI ethics'. There is no one else who could have written this book and I could not recommend it more highly." Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor, NYU Stern School of Business, author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
Foreword by Dante A. Disparte
Introduction
Part One Preparing for the Age of Pandora: Understanding the Global Tech
Megascape
Chapter 1 The Global Tech Megascape: The Situational Awareness Imperative
Chapter 2 Rise of the Exponential Machines: Tech Turbocharges Tech
Part Two Triangulating the Age of Pandora: An Exponential Tech Whirlwind Tour
Chapter 3 Generative AI: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Chapter 4 Biotechnology: From Crispr to SynBio
Chapter 5 Materials Science: From Silicon to Tiny Skyscrapers
Chapter 6 Frontier Computing: From Cloud and Edge to Quantum and the
Metaverse
Chapter 7 Autonomy: From Killer Robots to Smart Cities
Part Three Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Pandora: Developing the
Exponential Governance Mindset
Chapter 8 Leadership: Turbocharging 360 Tech Governance
Chapter 9 Ethos: Embedding Responsible Tech Culture
Chapter 10 Impact: Integrating Stakeholders into the Tech Loop
Chapter 11 Resilience: Deploying Polyrisk and Polycrisis Preparedness
Chapter 12 Foresight: Unleashing a Future-Forward Tech Strategy
Part Four Futureproofing the Age of Pandora: Deploying the Exponential
Governance Mindset
Chapter 13 Futureproofing Ourselves and Our Organizations: Tips and
Typologies
Chapter 14 Futureproofing the Global Commons: Exponential Frontiers
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography and Additional Resources
Index
About the Author
Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD, is founder and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory and adviser on the strategic governance of risk, geopolitics, ethics, sustainability, and tech for business, nongovernmental organizations, and government. She is the author of several books, including Gloom to Boom: How Leaders Transform Risk into Resilience and Value.
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