Novel science and novel applications of science constantly give us new technologies and change how, when and where we live our lives, and even how long those lives will be.
Mostly, those changes are for the better.
But not all technology is benign or applied to benign ends.
How should we respond?
And, as Machiavelli pointed out five hundred years ago, change creates winners and losers.
Who wins, who loses and how will the losers respond?
Some policy issues relating to technology
How significant is AI? Is it a second or third or fourth industrial revolution? Or something different? And why does that matter anyway?
Technology & productivity
Where is the failure? Designing & implementing an appropriate regulatory environment
Technology & social change
How will AI impact us economically & socially? What will it mean to us? And who is us?
Defining technology
Technology as translational science
The UK productivity puzzle
How will people, institutions and goverments respond to AI? How should they respond?
Smart phones
How will people, institutions and goverments respond to AI? How should they respond?
Counting the waves
Where is the failure? Designing & implementing an appropriate regulatory environment
Progress
