One thing neither the author or reviewer mentions about human society is the role of religion in influencing human affairs and indeed proscribing certain actions. Perhaps we are reaching a point where God needs to “revise & extend” his Word so that some of these technological advances will be acceptable in some applications and taboo in others? I’m sort of reminded of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” (if you can get past of the Islamic flavoring).
Let's face it, libs want to ban space expenditures of any kind, and almost everything else that's been discovered in the last couple hundred years. If they had their way, I don't know where they'd stop. The invention of the shoe? Do you know how hard those hard leather soles are on the poor grass?
But, back to your point, what would God have to say about nanotech, AI, etc.? Is the Bible general enough to cover everything mankind will encounter, and all of his inventions, no matter how long He continues to allow us to exist? I'm definitely not wise enough to know, but as a Christian I think I have to answer I believe so, then step back and let more knowledgeable people steer me straight.
He was right that you’d need something like a religious prohibition on something backed by a death penalty (Butlerian Jihad against thinking machines) to make it work and make it stick.