Communications of the ACM
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May 2023
From ACM Opinion
Who Should Make the Rules that Govern AI?
One question for Laura Weidinger and Iason Gabriel, research scientists at Google DeepMind.
From ACM Careers
Unfair Automated Hiring Systems Are Everywhere
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission urgently needs to regulate automated hiring systems.
From ACM Opinion
Vint Cerf on 3 Mistakes He Made in TCP/IP
The co-creator of the Internet’s protocols admits his crystal ball had a few cracks.
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When AI Thinks You Are Dead
AI hallucinations can be amusing, but the consequences for society could be dangerous.
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Why Conscious AI Is a Bad Idea
Our minds have not evolved to deal with machines we believe have consciousness.
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You Can't Regulate What You Don't Understand
Why AI regulations should begin with mandated disclosures.
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The Indigo Cyberattack Is a Warning of Things to Come
Those handling state secrets or critical infrastructure seem to fare no better than a bookstore chain.
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AI Is Not Going to Reinvent the Alphabet Anytime Soon
Artificial intelligence does not understand how humans read well enough to design type on its own.
From ACM Opinion
AI and Politics: How Will We Know What—and Who—Is Real?
If we are lucky, new technologies will only cause brief confusion.
From Communications of the ACM
Do the Right Thing
Exploring the intersection of legal compliance and ethical judgment.
From Communications of the ACM
Updates, Threats, and Risk Management
Revisiting a recent column considering security updates.
From Communications of the ACM
Putting a Teaspoon of Programming into Other Subjects
Using teaspoon languages to integrate programming across myriad academic disciplines.
From Communications of the ACM
Please Report Your Compute
Seeking consistent means of measure.
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Long-Term Mentoring for Computer Science Researchers
Reaching out across computer science research communities.
From Communications of the ACM
Ethics as a Participatory and Iterative Process
Facilitating ethical reflection, inquiry, and deliberation.
From Communications of the ACM
NSF on Chien's Grand Challenge for Sustainability
This Viewpoint focuses on ways the computing community can contribute broadly to environmental sustainability and identifies NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering research programs supporting these…