01354nam a22001337a 4500020001800000082001200018100002800030245009800058260003200156300003200188505003600220520089200256650007201148  a9780465058624  a609.485  aWallach, Wendell, 1946-  aA Dangerous Master : How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond our ControlcWendell Wallach  aNew YorkbBasic Booksc2015  avii,328 Pagesb24x16 cmbHB  aInclude Index and Bibliography   aFrom nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and hackers can 3D-print guns as well as tools; and supercomputers can short-circuit Wall Street just as easily as they can manage your portfolio. One thing these technologies can't do is answer the profound moral issues they raise. Who should be held accountable when they go wrong? What responsibility do we, as creators and users, have for the technologies we build? Wallach tackles such difficult questions with hard-earned authority, imploring both producers and consumers to face the moral ambiguities arising from our rapid technological growth. He argues, technological development is at risk of becoming a juggernaut beyond human control.  aSocial groupsaTechnology--Social aspectsaProgress--Social aspects