The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology and advanced robotics are changing faster than the institutions that govern them. The frontier technology series of Nexus Reports, published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), examines the science, the opportunities, the uncertainties and the societal implications of these technologies. This page lists editions as each is released. No edition is shown until it is released. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.
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The frontier technology series of Nexus Reports examines technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology and advanced robotics: their science, opportunities, uncertainties and societal implications for the institutions that govern them, which change more slowly than the technologies. Editions are listed as each is released.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, shown for the Mediterranean as an example geography for this subject.
Assessments of frontier technologies and their risks and uses, in the Exponential Technology series.
What the technology can and cannot do today, on the evidence available, separating demonstrated capability from claims made for it.
Where it could reduce risk or strengthen resilience, for whom, and what would have to be true for that benefit to appear.
What is not known, which claims are speculative and how fast the evidence is changing.
Effects on work, security, rights, equity and the institutions that must govern the technology, including who bears the risks and who gains the benefits.
Editions draw on the technology platforms of the network, on experiments and evaluations in Nexus Labs, and on the methods of GCRI technology assessment. Governance perspectives come from The Global Risks Forum (GRF), at GRF foresight outlooks.
Frontier technology editions describe evidence and uncertainty. They never endorse a product or vendor, and a favourable assessment is not certification.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Technology convergence | The combination of advances from several technology fields into new capabilities, such as AI with biotechnology or sensors with networks, whose risks are often greater than those of any part. |
| Pacing problem | The gap that opens when technology develops faster than the laws and institutions that govern it. |
| Dual use | Technology or research that can serve both civilian and military purposes. |
Editions appear here as each is released, with their methods, sources, review disclosures and corrections. Topic discussion is on the frontier technology series topic.
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