The Next Step: Exponential Life presents essays on the potential of what are known as “exponential technologies”―those whose development is accelerating rapidly, such as robotics, artificial intelligence or industrial biology―considering their economic, social, environmental, ethical and even ontological implications. This book’s premise is that humanity is at the beginning of a technological revolution that is evolving at a much faster pace than earlier ones―a revolution is so far-reaching it is destined to generate transformations we can only begin to imagine. Contributors include Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey, Jonathan Rossiter, Joseph A. Paradiso, Kevin Warwick, Huma Shah, Ramón López de Mántaras, Helen Papagiannis, Jay David Bolter, Maria Engberg, Robin Hanson, Stuart Russell, Darrell M. West, Francisco González, Chris Skinner, Steven Monroe Lipkin, S. Matthew Liao, James Giordano, Luciano Floridi, Seán Ó Héigeartaigh and Martin Rees.
Autores: Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey (SENS Research Foundation); Jonathan Rossiter (University of Bristol), Joseph A. Paradiso (MIT Media Lab); Kevin Warwick (Coventry University); Huma Shah (Coventry University); Ramón López de Mántaras (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute); Helen Papagiannis (Artist, writer and new digital media researcher); Jay David Bolter (Georgia Institute of Technology); Maria Engberg (Malmö University); Robin Hanson (George Mason University); Stuart Russell (University of California); Darrell M. West (Brookings Institution); Francisco González (BBVA Group Executive Chairman); Chris Skinner (Financial Services Club); Steven Monroe Lipkin (Weill Cornell Medicine); S. Matthew Liao (Center for Bioethics); James Giordano (Georgetown University); Luciano Floridi (Oxford Internet Institute); Seán Ó Héigeartaigh (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk); Martin Rees (Institute of Astronomy).