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Governing Pandora

Leading in the Age of Generative AI and Exponential Technology

“With clarity, wit, and insight, Bonime-Blanc cuts a searing path through a stale and acrimonious debate over ‘AI safety’ versus ‘AI ethics.’ There is no one else who could have written this book and I could not recommend it more highly.”

Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor, NYU Stern School of Business, author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World

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A road map for developing responsible and innovative governance systems based on generative AI and other exponential technologies

As exponential technology rapidly advances, leaders in every sector are faced with the challenge of harnessing its potential power while developing precautionary safeguards against its risks. From generative artificial intelligence to the future of quantum computing, these innovations are transforming the world at an unprecedented rate, leaving decision-makers unsure of how to maintain control and ensure responsible development.

Governing Pandora focuses on multiple exponential technologies in order to demonstrate how leaders can develop responsible and innovative governance systems. This book equips leaders with frameworks and tools—including a detailed five-element “exponential governance mind-set”—to develop a more holistic tech governance approach for current and future waves of exponential tech. Andrea Bonime-Blanc encourages the development of a culture of collaboration across borders, sectors, and disciplines as technology takes on a bigger role in our ecosystem. She explains the context, risks, and opportunities of the ongoing exponential technology revolution so that leaders can futureproof themselves, their organizations, and key stakeholders with strategies and tactics to act responsibly, ethically, and successfully.

Who Is the Book For?

This book speaks directly to executives, board members, policymakers, and organizational leaders who are tasked with charting a course through the advancement of modern technologies. Governing Pandora bridges the gap between exploring pure technology and managing and governing applied technology. Readers will learn not only how to develop a governance mind-set for exponential technology but also how to build organizational resilience.

Praise

“In Governing Pandora, Bonime-Blanc not only provides a comprehendible and clear overview of AI, quantum, and the other exponential technologies changing our world but also offers concrete, helpful advice on how individuals at all levels can mitigate risks, amplify opportunities, and become responsible leaders at times of great disruption.”

Adam Segal

Director, Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

“Bonime-Blanc offers an invaluable framework for how business leaders should approach a world of exponential technological development, exponential opportunities, and exponential risks. It’s a must read for anyone interested in responsibly building our future.”

Daniel Dobrygowski

Head of Governance and Trust, World Economic Forum

“Governing Pandora is a timely and incredibly thoughtful book that should be a constant companion for industry leaders as they think about the bounty and jeopardy possible with this exponential technology.”

Vikram Sharma

Operating Partner, S2G Ventures

“Aptly named, Governing Pandora is both optimistic and realistic at the same time. Bonime-Blanc draws out the great impacts emerging technologies (including quantum) will have while integrating their attendant risks and responsibilities. Her inclusion of quantum’s effects on risk and polyrisk, adaptive governance, and tech trustworthiness are great examples of the depth with which she tackles critical issues.”

Tom Patterson

Global Lead, Emerging Technology Security at Accenture

“In this timely and incisive book, Andrea masterfully employs the metaphor of Pandora’s box to illustrate how these technologies have been unleashed into the global landscape. Governing Pandora offers invaluable perspectives and practical guidance for navigating the ethical, social, and organizational complexities of our rapidly advancing technological age.”

Olajobi Makinwa

Chief of Intergovernmental Relations & Africa and Former Chief of Anti-Corruption Initiatives, United Nations Global Compact

“As directors, we’ve been told every new technology is ‘game-changing’—but now it actually is. So how do we govern in the age of exponential change? Look no further. Dr. Andrea Bonime-Blanc cuts through the noise in Governing Pandora, giving corporate directors the straight talk and tools they need to keep up in a world that’s evolving faster than we can refresh our feeds.”

Nora M. Denzel

Director, National Association of Corporate Directors, and Fortune 500 Companies

“Governing Pandora is more than just a guide; it defines a new field of governance that will be essential for the future of business. With sharp insights and real-world strategies, this book equips leaders to embrace innovation while mitigating risk, ensuring they don’t just react to change but stay ahead of it. A must read for anyone serious about governing in the age of technological disruption and geopolitical change.”

Michael Marquardt

CEO, Epi One, Inc

“An insightful explanation of how accelerating technology governs our future and an impressive guide to how decision-makers can help to keep all of us on a safe path. Governing Pandora not only makes an ironclad case for accelerated governance but also provides practical guidance.”

Marcel Zumbühl

CISO and board member, Swiss Post Group

“Governance of AI and other rapidly advancing technologies is a topic that every board member must care about. Andrea Bonime-Blanc’s engaging book is full of real-life examples and practical tips for leaders in any industry.”

Dr. Maya Bundt

Non-Executive Director and Board Member, Cyberpeace Institute, and Chapter Chair of Cyber Resilience, Swiss Risk Association

“Andrea cuts a path through the tech news, information, and data tsunami as well as the general confusion many feel about the overwhelming pace and thrust of frontier tech. Her primer on five categories of exponential technologies will set the reader on the right course to responsible tech decision-making.”

Coco Brown

Founder & CEO, Athena Alliance

Table of Contents

Part I

Preparing for the Age of Pandora – Understanding the Global Tech Megascape

Part I addresses the “why” of our journey into the Age of Pandora by sketching five tech-related global megatrends and providing an overview of the exponential technologies dealt with in the book, providing the context and situational awareness needed for our journey.

Chapter 1:
The Global Tech Megascape: The Situational Awareness Imperative

Chapter 2:
Rise of the Exponential Machines: Tech Turbocharges Tech

Part II

Triangulating the Age of Pandora – An Exponential Tech Whirlwind Tour

Part II explores the “what” of the Age of Pandora by detailing five key exponential technology groups. The purpose of Part II is to encourage leaders and decision-makers to explore the technologies that are most important them and their work and to engage in continuous education on these topics.

Chapter 3:
Generative AI: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Chapter 4:
Biotechnology: From Crispr to SynBio

Chapter 5:
Materials Science: From Silicon to Tiny Skyscrapers

Chapter 6:
Frontier Computing: From Cloud and Edge to Quantum and the Metaverse

Chapter 7:
Autonomy: From Killer Robots to Smart Cities

Part III

Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Pandora – Developing the Exponential Governance Mindset

Part III addresses the “how” to deal with the Age of Pandora by providing leaders and decision-makers with an “exponential governance mindset” toolkit with five key elements revolving around leadership, ethos, impact, resilience, and foresight. The overarching theme is to equip folks with a future-forward mindset that deals with and continually adapts to the changes, challenges, and opportunities of our times.

Chapter 8:
Leadership: Turbocharging 360 Tech Governance

Chapter 9:
Ethos: Embedding Responsible Tech Culture

Chapter 10:
Impact: Integrating Stakeholders into the Tech Loop

Chapter 11:
Resilience: Deploying Polyrisk and Polycrisis Preparedness

Chapter 12:
Foresight: Unleashing a Future-Forward Tech Strategy

Part IV

Futureproofing in the Age of Pandora – Deploying the Exponential Governance Mindset

Our final Part IV addresses the “who” and the “where to” – how we can individually and collectively deploy the exponential governance mindset and futureproof ourselves in the Age of Pandora. We provide tips and typologies for professional and organizational development and guidance to futureproof four dimensions of our global commons – the biological, the mechanical, the planetary and the virtual.

Chapter 13:
Futureproofing Ourselves and Our Organizations: Tips and Typologies

Chapter 14:
Futureproofing the Global Commons: Exponential Frontiers

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