18) Technical Surprise

Abstract

Technical Surprise assesses technological advancements for potential implications to the threat space, including agent use and release. Include horizon scanning to identify potential areas of concern and conduct technical assessments of emerging technological advancements (e.g., biotechnology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing); develops capabilities to evaluate and assess technical enhancements that may alter the nature or magnitude of a threat agent; evaluates emerging technologies and convergence of technologies that improve the ease of threat use and make threats more likely to survive being released; identifies the limitations and barriers associated with synthetic biology and assess the implications, and identify and assess former technology hurdles that have been lowered or overcome and assess implications of increasing potential threat.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
e6a6bb4a62a756a46cd2793b266be55b

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Biotechnology
  • Quantum Computing
  • Space

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