Differential Technology Development: An Innovation Governance Consideration for Navigating Technology Risks
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Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This paper introduces a framing of "differential technology development" – affecting the relative timing of new innovations to reduce a specific risk. For instance, it may be beneficial to delay or halt risk-increasing technologies and preferentially advance risk-reducing defensive, safety, or substitute technologies. As you read, consider how you might apply this framing to biosecurity risks associated with developments in AI and biot...
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