Using the supposed objectivity of DNA to establish human hierarchy may be the dream of eugenicists, but for Kathryn Paige Harden, the goal of having and using genetic information is exactly the opposite.
Neuroscientist Anders Sandberg talks about the challenges and risks inherent in our steady march toward an age where machine intelligence surpasses that of human beings.
Piers Millett of Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute talks about potential global biological catastrophes stemming from such risks as bioterrorism, pandemic disease and genetic manipulation.