Editor's note: Marc Goodman is a global security adviser and
futurist. He is the founder of the Future Crimes Institute and
serves as Chair of Policy, Law & Ethics at Silicon Valley's
Singularity University. He spoke at TED Global in June 2012. TED
is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it
makes available through talks posted on its website. (CNN) --
The future of science and technology sounds so promising.
Unprecedented advances in computing, robotics, artificial
intelligence, genetics, neuroscience and biotechnology hold the
potential to radically transform our world for the better and
create mass abundance for all. I sincerely want to believe in
this techno-utopian vision of things to come, but my work as a
police officer and global security strategist working in more
than 70 countries around the world has taught me that there is a
darker side to these emerging technologies. The criminal
underground is highly innovative and often acts as an early
adopter of emerging technologies. As a y