The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Exponential Technology assesses technologies whose capability is changing fast (AI, quantum, biotechnology, robotics, space) for the risks they create and the risks they could reduce.
Exponential Technology is the Nexus Reports series on frontier technologies such as AI, quantum, biotechnology and robotics, and their implications. Contributions come from platforms such as Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems as well as Data and Compute. Editors follow the series method, and each edition is listed with its date, method and version history once released; a planned edition is never shown as published.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, shown for the Gulf of Mexico coast as an example geography for this subject.
An edition separates demonstrated capability from roadmap claims, maps the dependencies of the technology, and sets out the governance instruments that apply.
| Element | In this series |
|---|---|
| Unit of analysis | A technology or technology cluster |
| Method | Capability evidence review, technology readiness assessment, dependency mapping, review of risk frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and others) |
Each edition is listed with its date, method and version history. A planned edition is never shown as released.
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. |
| Dual use | Technology or research that can serve both civilian and military purposes. |
| Pacing problem | The gap that opens when technology develops faster than the laws and institutions that govern it. |
| Editorial independence | The condition in which editors decide what is published on the validity and relevance of the work, free from interference by owners, funders or sponsors, as ICMJE and COPE guidance describe it. |
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