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The article discusses two books, "AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own" by Verity Harding and "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma" by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar. Both books explore the positive and negative impacts of AI technology on society, highlighting the need for governance and ethical considerations. Authors argue that AI poses unique challenges due to its ability to replicate human responses and outstrip human intelligence, raising concerns about societal control and potential catastrophic outcomes. The books emphasize the importance of collaborative, democratic governance to ensure responsible and safe AI applications. [Extracted from the article]

In scrutinizing the underlying assumptions of those who oppose the use of synthetic biology for conservation purposes, Redford and Adams show that, in many cases, an outdated and impossible notion of a pure nature safeguarded from humans has been the guiding principle. By Redford, Kent H. and Adams, William M.. 2021. The authors are clear that the risks of using synthetic biology should not be downplayed but that cautious development of this technology may be necessary for conservation practice to work well in the Anthropocene. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the exhibition "Biohacking: Do It Yourself!" at Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark from January 24, 2013 to June 30, 2013.

A review of the book "Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology," by Kent Redford and Bill Adams, is presented.

A look at the coming revolution in biotechnology, with all its possible goods and evils. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature," by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Jane Calvert, Pablo Schyfter, Alistair Elfick, and Drew Endy, is presented.

A review of the book "Biology is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life," by Robert H. Carlson, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life" by J. Craig Venter.

A survey of the new field of synthetic biology, "the science of building simple organisms or 'biological apps' to make manufacturing greener, energy production more sustainable, agriculture more robust and medicine more powerful and precise." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "What Is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology," by Ed Regis.

A review of the book "Synthetic: How Life Got Made," by Sophia Roosth, is presented.

The book is a collection of nine essays that are grouped categorically into three sections: ?The Human Relationship to Nature,? ?The Value of Synthetic Organisms,? and ?Values and Public Policy.? The editors have both worked as investigators on research projects focused on synthetic biology. They have included an introduction on the topic of synthetic biology and therein provided an overview of the included essays. The rapid advancement of gene sequencing and synthesis technology has fostered the development of a new field of inquiry called synthetic biology. The field aims to build or create new living organisms either from raw materials or from materials borrowed from other organisms. Although arguably only a short step away from the techniques already practiced in molecular biology, there is something about synthetic biology that strikes a cord of concern in most individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A review of the book "Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life" by J. Craig Venter is presented.

The article reviews the book "Creating Life in the Lab: How New Discoveries in Synthetic Biology Make a Case for the Creator," by Fazale Rana.

The article reviews the book "Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves" by George Church and Ed Regis.

A description of the course "Building-a-Genome," or the Biology 420, being offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland is provided.