A response to the recent feature "Why the future doesn't need us" by Bill Joy, of Sun Microsystems.
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An effort to continue the public dialogue started with computer scientist Bill Joy's apocalyptic vision. From the Center for the Study of Technology and Society in Washington, D.C.
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Glenn Reynolds argues that attempting to prevent technological catastrophes by restricting research will only backfire.
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By Bill Joy, chief scientist at Sun Microsystems. "Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species." [Wired magazine]
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