Communications of the ACM
The opinion archive provides access to past opinion stories from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
September 2016
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How an Inventor You've Probably Never Heard of Shaped the Modern World
Many of the inventors who fueled the digital revolution have become household names.
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Everyone Gets the Future Wrong: Lo and Behold Movie Review
Hackers? Check. Driverless cars? Check. SpaceX? Check. Robots? Check. Elon Musk? Check. ARPANET? Check. Video game addicts? Check. Brainscans? Check. Internet of Things? Check. All we're missing is a Fitbit review.
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Software Quality
Software users are looking more and more for software that delights.
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No Easy Answers in the Fight Over iPhone Decryption
A look at the legal background and future possibilities for an issue that is likely to reoccur.
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'For All' in 'Computer Science For All'
Seeking to expand inclusiveness in computer science education.
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A New Look at the Semantic Web
Seeking to make Web data "smarter" by utilizing a new kind of semantics.
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Designing AI Systems that Obey Our Laws and Values
Calling for research on automatic oversight for artificial intelligence systems.
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Helping Conference Attendees Better Understand Research Presentations
Sharing lessons learned from a lecture program for making technical material more accessible to conference attendees.
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How Tech Giants Are Devising Real Ethics For Artificial Intelligence
For years, science-fiction moviemakers have been making us fear the bad things that artificially intelligent machines might do to their human creators.