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Doomsday Tech. DVD. Nuclear weapon Global warming End of oil Intelligent computer Nano-tech. Once a tech is invented, it cannot be un-invented. Number of doomsday techs created will increase exponentially with the technologies available.
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Doomsday Tech DVD
Nuclear weapon • Global warming • End of oil • Intelligent computer • Nano-tech
Number of doomsday techs created will increase exponentially with the technologies available.
Man-made doomsday techs are more threatening than most of natural disasters.
A single person with some doomsday tech can have a power of a state or whole world hundred years ago.
People should stop research on dangerous techs. Shouldn’t they? • But how?
How to Stop? • Before a tech appears, how do you know it is dangerous or not? • When you know a tech is dangerous, it is often already out there and cannot be un-invented. • For a doomsday tech, what if ‘good’ guys stop further research while ‘bad’ guys refuse to stop?
Are we opening a Pandora’s box? (or are we ourselves coming from an opened Pandora’s box?)
Among the five doomsday techs, which one is most dangerous and threatening to the human beings? Which is least threatening?