# Dual-Use Technology **Entity class:** Technology and policy concept ## Definition **Dual-use technology** has substantial civilian and military, intelligence, security, or coercive applications. The same sensing, simulation, AI, biotechnology, cloud, robotics, or analytic capability can migrate among domains because the underlying method is general-purpose even when authorities and missions remain distinct. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Dual-Use Predictive Science|Dual-Use Predictive Science]], [[wiki/Commercial Technology and Intelligence|Commercial Technology and Intelligence]], [[wiki/Biosecurity|Biosecurity]], and [[wiki/Foreseeable Dual Use|Foreseeable Dual Use]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, *Commerce Control List*, current through 2026](https://www.bis.gov/regulations/ear/774). **As of:** 2026-09-23 ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > The presence of danger does not settle whether a powerful technology should exist. The governing problem is how to extract the promise without the peril by building guardrails that preserve civilization-scale benefits while confronting the harms honestly. > **— Adapted from Salim Ismail**, *Moonshots, October 7, 2026* [[reminders/Risk Debate/Promise and Peril Are Problems of Guardrail Design by Salim Ismail|Promise and Peril Are Problems of Guardrail Design by Salim Ismail]]