Future Ethics: Emerging Values in a Changing World

“Future people don’t vote, don’t tweet, and don’t sue—but they’re the ones who’ll live with our decisions.”

Right now, in labs and data centers, choices are being coded into AI and gene tools that could steer not just your life, but the lives of billions yet to be born.

In 2016, there were only a handful of public guidelines about AI ethics. By 2022, there were more than 160. That’s not a niche debate—that’s a scramble to rewrite the rulebook while the game is already in play.