ICARUS’ WINGS
Navigating Human Enhancement
Dokumenttyp:
Schriftenreihe der LandesverteidigungsakademieErscheinungsdatum:
April 2025Herausgeber:
Oberst Dr. Anton DenggVerlag:
Landesverteidigungsakademie (LVAk) / Institut für Friedenssicherung und Konfliktmanagement (IFK)ISBN:
978-3-903548-06-0Seiten:
552Autor(en):
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Alexander Balthasar, GenMaj. a.D. Dr. Dr. Dieter Budde, Oberst Dr. Anton Dengg, Mag. Eugen Dolezal, Dr. Norbert Frischauf, MMag. Dr. Lukas Grangl MA MA BA, Dr. Sandra Grinschgl, Dr. Markus Gruber, ObstA Dr. Harald Harbich, Oberst a.D. Mag. Dr. Bernhard Hofer, Prof. Dr. Diana zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen LL.M., Dr. Joachim Klerx, DI Markus Klug, em. Univ. Prof. Dr. Michael Kunze, Rodrigo Lagos Berríos BA, Dr. Rita Phillips BEd MA MSc, Univ. Prof. Dr. Stefan Pickl, Oberst Bernhard Schulyok MA, Doz. Dr. Gernot Stimmer, Lisa Tragbar BA BA MA, Mag. Dr. Doris VoglBeiträge in dieser Publikation:
Vorwort
Civilian achievements – including medical ones – often end up being used in military applications. The armed forces are always striving for optimisation potential in order to emerge victorious in a conflict thanks to strategic, operational or tactical advantages. Successful research in the field of human enhancement (HE) could generate such an advantage in optimising human abilities. New technologies in combination with artificial intelligence (AI), applied to and within the human body, should lead to improved performance. This could be achieved through invasive and non-invasive procedures. But despite such high ambitions, technological advances do not always necessarily benefit mankind. In this publication, experts from the scientific fields of technology, medicine, society, law, ethics and the military outline the current and future challenges of HE technology, as well as the potential limits and threats for the European Union and Austria.