The tone of alarm in their book is a departure for the pair, whose previous research has focused mainly on the benefits of advancing technology.
Dan Woods is CTO and editor of CITO Research, a firm focused on advancing the craft of technology leadership.
If peak oil theorists believe we're rapidly running out of a major resource, the institute postulates that technology itself is advancing so rapidly that society will have an overabundance of it -- and an artificial intelligence is set to emerge that will not necessarily pursue mankind's best interests.
Opponents of the growing use of drones are concerned the public are not being consulted on the rapidly advancing technology and the potential changes on the use of UK airspace.
IEEE, a large, global technical professional organization is dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.
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It will be innovation more broadly, and new technologies across all sectors of our economy, that will create long-term expansion for the economy and a new great cycle of job growth.(See The Next Great Growth Cycle.) Manufacturing is coming back, and is being revitalized by advancing technology from the full infusion of information technology to the seeming magic of emerging 3D printing.
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Some of this is due to the advancing capabilities from technology, but it is also about how our jobs are expanding in scope.
Alan Greenspan has long championed the idea that productivity keeps advancing because companies are using information technology at every level of the production process.
Battery technology is advancing and several promising variants appear to be on the horizon of commerciality.
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We are at the dawn of an exponentially advancing technological arms race between people who are using technology for good and those who are using it for ill.
It brought together commissioners, education and ICT specialists, to discuss Technology, Broadband and Education: Advancing the Education for All Agenda, the report of the Broadband Commission's Working Group on Education.
"As the clear leader in NFC-enabled smartphone deployment in the United States, Samsung is committed to developing and advancing this promising mobile technology, " said Kevin Packingham, chief product officer of Samsung Telecommunications America.
Its objectives are media development, expanding access to finance, promoting the digital revolution through technology and innovation as well as creating a cadre of media leaders that share a commitment to advancing ethical and responsible journalism.
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Apple did not fix the vast majority of flaws in Siri and did not appear to make much progress in advancing the technology.
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Where the production of goods and services was so efficient (driven you will recall, by advancing technology) that scarcity simply vanished and all were able to consume what they wanted or needed without regard to the methods of production.
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"Technology is advancing very quickly and we can't keep up, " said Phra Kasem Sanyato, secretary of the Buddhism Protection Center of Thailand, a watchdog for religious affairs.
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