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The document discusses emerging technologies and their impact on the world. It defines emerging technologies as new innovations that show fast development in a field to gain competitive advantage. Some examples mentioned include artificial intelligence, gene therapy, and 3D printing. While emerging technologies can benefit humanity, they also present risks if not properly controlled. The document argues they should be guided by technology rules to avoid potential dangers.

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The document discusses emerging technologies and their impact on the world. It defines emerging technologies as new innovations that show fast development in a field to gain competitive advantage. Some examples mentioned include artificial intelligence, gene therapy, and 3D printing. While emerging technologies can benefit humanity, they also present risks if not properly controlled. The document argues they should be guided by technology rules to avoid potential dangers.

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Running head: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 1

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Emerging Technologies

Abstract

Under this paper, we shall discuss how emerging technologies have taken up the

world with new developments and practical applications that are largely being used. Some of

these technologies are usually new, for example, various kinds of applications of

biotechnologies such as gene therapy. These emerging technologies are always looked at as

being capable of changing the world. They are mainly characterized by their relatively fast

growth, prominent impact, coherence, ambiguity, and uncertainty. Similarly, there are also a

couple of emerging technologies like information technologies, cognitive science, robots,

artificial intelligence, psychotechnology, and educational technologies. These new

technological fields sometimes are a result of the technology convergence of different

systems.

Introduction

Emerging technologies are mainly contemporary advances and innovations in various fields

of technology. The paper mainly addresses the convergence and emergence of technology

across the world giving reasons why it is important to allow these to happen. It is vital for any

economy to grow, then emerging technologies should be at a high rate since it gives a wide

range of options to use. The text will clearly discuss various importance of emerging and

converging technologies with their examples. It will also provide an overview of the effects

of these emerging technologies on human life. For example, the paper will discuss the

importance of emerging technologies, dangers caused by these technologies, list the

examples, and also what other scholars talk about emerging technology.

In the same view, emerging technologies are normally defined as the technical

innovations that show progressive development within a certain field for a competitive
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advantage (Benson and Michael 2019). However, the level of the impact, status,

and economic variability of these converging and emerging technologies vary. Therefore,

they have developed and opened up many innovative methods and new technologies (Benson

and Michael 2019). By contrast, disruptive technology is the one whose new methods

replaced the previous technology and made it more redundant. An example is the replacement

of the horse-drawn carriages by the automobiles and other vehicles (Benson and Michael

2019).

Emerging technology has created many debates including computer writers about the

use of these emerging technologies (Hicks and Martin 2015). Many of the cluster

technologies have been identified and these are considered critical to humanity’s future

(Benson and Michael 2019). It is argued that technologies should only be used by elites for

good to prevent it from extinction. While many advocates believe that emerging technologies

could bring more hope for the betterment of the human condition. Many discussions have

been carried out specifically to discuss how these converging technologies could be used

effectively. Since it is believed that man should be regarded as history’s main constant and

technology as its main variable. However, critics of the risks of the emerging technologies

could pose many dangers, and also contribute to the extinction of humanities itself.

Finally, there are many lists of emerging technologies across the world

but some common being artificial intelligence, 3D printing, gene therapy, cancer vaccines, in

vitro meat, nanotechnology, and many others (Benson and Michael 2019). Many of these

technologies have played a big part in technological advancements. For example, Artificial

intelligence is a sub intelligence exhibited by software or machines. This is mainly a branch

of computer science that develops machines and software which have animal-like intelligence

(Benson and Michael 2019). All in all, the development of emerging technologies has driven
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economic growth, large economic rewards have also come from new inventions and

improvement in many fields.

In conclusion, emerging technologies are very much-needed in this current era and

more likely to take over the world (Kaldis and Byron 2010). The world will be more driven

by technology since new improvements emerge every year (Kaldis and Byron 2010).

According to (Hicks and Martin 2015) ague that if these new technologies are used

effectively, work and tasks will be done more efficiently and quickly. However, it is also

argued that, if they are not controlled, then more dangers might emerge causing more deaths

(Fountain and Henry 2013). Therefore, emerging technologies should be looked at and

controlled to meet the standards of the technology rules and guidelines to avoid dangers

from rising (Benson and Michael 2019).


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References

Benson, Michael (2019). "Science Fiction Sent Man to the Moon". Retrieved 11

August 2019. Retrieved from

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/opinion/sunday/moon-rockets-space-

fiction.html

 Fountain, Henry (2013). "Engineering the $325,000 In Vitro Burger". The New York Times.

Retrieved 28 May 2017.

Kaldis, Byron (2010). "Converging Technologies". Sage Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology

and Society, Thousand Oaks: CA, Sage

Rotolo D.; Hicks D.; Martin B. R. (2015). "What is an emerging technology?". Research

Policy. 44 (10): 1827–1843. arXiv:1503.00673. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2015.06.006.

retrieved from

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048733315001031?via

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