Resources
Resource LibraryTo further understand the need for Risk Innovation, we have suggested some articles, podcasts, and books that highlight orphan risks in a real world context. We have also provided links to articles that dive deeper into the Risk Innovation approach and how it came to be.
Articles & Podcasts
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Ethics Boards Won’t Save Big Tech
OneZero (April 2019)
- Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry
Vox (April 2019)
- AI start-up that scanned babysitters halts launch following Post report
Washington Post (December 2018)
- A DNA Company Wants You to Help Catch Criminals
The Atlantic (March 2019)
- Microsoft workers protest: ‘Cancel US Army HoloLens super-soldier contract’
ZDNet (February 2019)
- Software that detects how you feel
Should This Exist podcast (March 2019)
- Post No Evil
Radiolab podcast (August 2018)
Books
- Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
Andrew Maynard (2018)
- Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley
Emily Chang (2018)
- Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Cathy O’Neil (2016)
Articles & Podcasts
- Innovating responsibly in a culture of entrepreneurship
Andrew Maynard and Elizabeth Garbee, Edge of Innovation (August 2019)
- Thinking innovatively about the risks of tech innovation
Andrew Maynard, The Conversation (January 2016)
- It’s time for tech startups and their funders to take “orphan risks” seriously
Andrew Maynard, Edge of Innovation (December 2018)
- The Forgotten Risk of Fitness Trackers
Andrew Maynard, OneZero (March 2019)
- Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley grow up
Andrew Maynard, World Economic Forum (November 2018)
- How Terrified Should We Be of This Year’s World Economic Forum Top 10 Emerging Technologies?
Andrew Maynard, Slate (June 2016)
- Responsible development of new technologies critical in complex, connected world
Andrew Maynard, World Economic Forum (March 2015)
- Why we need Risk Innovation
Andrew Maynard, Nature Nanotechnology (2015)
- Developing a framework for responsible innovation
Jack Stilgoe, Richard Owen and Phil Macnaghten, Research Policy (2013)
What we’ve been working on lately
- Conducting Socially Responsible and Ethical Counter Influence Operations Research: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Practitioners
Andrew Maynard, Cassian Corey, Amna Greaves, Mark Kozar, K. Hazel Kwon, and Marissa
Scragg (January 2022)
- The Many Ways Elon Musk’s Neuralink Could Go Wrong
Andrew Maynard, OneZero (November 2019)
- The Ethical and Responsible Development and Application of Advanced Brain Machine Interfaces
Andrew Maynard and Marissa Scragg, Journal of Medical Internet Research (October 2019)
- Innovating responsibly in a culture of entrepreneurship
Andrew Maynard and Elizabeth Garbee, Edge of Innovation (August 2019)
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