Dyadic risk mechanisms–a nomenclature for 36 proto-cascading effects determining humanity's future

TA Undheim - European Journal of Futures Research, 2024 - Springer
Re-reading the risk literature, I sketch a novel nomenclature for 36 dyadic risk interactions
that constitute the prototypes of what eventually become cascading effects. This analysis …

The Rise of Tech Ethics: Approaches, Critique, and Future Pathways

N Frahm, K Schiølin - Science and Engineering Ethics, 2024 - Springer
In this editorial to the Topical Collection “Innovation under Fire: The Rise of Ethics in Tech”,
we provide an overview of the papers gathered in the collection, reflect on similarities and …

[HTML][HTML] In search of better methods for the longitudinal assessment of tech-derived X-risks: How five leading scenario planning efforts can help

TA Undheim - Technology in Society, 2024 - Elsevier
This mixed methods article discusses the role of scenario analysis as a tool to assess the
broadest possible specter of positive and negative effects of technologies and social …

Innovation Monsters in the Sandbox

B Laurent - Practicing Anthropology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent technological advances, from artificial intelligence to genome editing, are made into
innovation monsters, that is, demonstrable objects of public admiration or public fear, which …