Abstract
Emerging technologies, often defined as Industry 4.0, have been increasingly altering the development paths of businesses and individuals. As the pandemic continues to remain a part of our reality, we continue to improvise, innovate, and overcome. Technologies we have adapted today, are going to be an integral part of the post-pandemic world as well, this expedited technological adaption beckons the question—when we accepted the thrust of technology to the center of our lives, what the coming years bring forth remains to be seen, now that we as a species we have accepted our technologically interwoven existence. Disruptive technologies include artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain, 3D printing, augmented reality, etc. While the speed and breadth of the fourth industrial revolution have been and will continue to be remarkable, the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate innovation and catalyze technological changes already underway paving the way to Society 5.0. Society 5.0 aims to integrate human concerns back into the details of how we think about technologically advanced environments and promote user-friendly technologies for daily living; the initiative has also tried to address the challenges of productivity in an ageing society. This chapter presents examples of how emerging technologies have been employed during the COVID-19 crisis; discusses trends that may heighten the role of emerging technologies in a post-COVID-19 world; and reviews risks to and opportunities of faster adoption of emerging technologies and their implications to human security.
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Mitra, A., Chaurasia, R. (2022). Emerging Technologies and Global Pandemic. In: Shaw, R., Gurtoo, A. (eds) Global Pandemic and Human Security. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5074-1_20
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