Communications of the ACM
The opinion archive provides access to past opinion stories from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
June 2020
From ACM Opinion
Immigration Bans Will Lead to Dumbing Down of the World
Immigrants who came to America for study or employment are more likely to file a patent, publish a scientific paper, start a company, and earn higher wages than American-born college graduates.
From ACM Opinion
The Art of AI: An Interview with Kai-Fu Lee
Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures in Beijing, discusses the global AI race, the current state of the field, and what comes next.
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Why Tech Made Racial Injustice Worse, and How to Fix It
The better design of future systems will help overcome current injustices, says Professor Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University.
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Formal Methods as a Path to Better Cybersecurity
Any piece of software should be able to provide the desired features, and when errors do occur, the software should handle them gracefully.
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Consumer AR Could Have Saved Lives, Economy
We need this technology now.
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Shiri Melumad: Why Consumers Share Personal Information on Smartphones
People are willing to share deeper and more personal information when communicating on a smartphone compared with a personal computer. Wharton marketing professor Shiri Melumad discusses the research.
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For Online Learning, Business Has Never Been Better
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
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The Cyberwar Needs More Women on the Front Lines
Educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow will help combat criminals who prey on women and children.
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (of Technology)
The social media information ecosystem driven solely by popularity fails to recognize what truly matters and makes it exceedingly difficult to see what's really going on.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
From ACM News
Giving AI Common Sense
Can we teach smart machines what is obvious to every 10-year-old?
From ACM Opinion
Towards One Database to Rule Them All
Databases have become silos and this needs to change, says graph guru Marko Rodriguez.
From ACM Opinion
The Art of AI
Although popular narratives tend to focus on threats posed by artificial intelligence, many of the technology's dangers have been overhyped, its promises neglected.
From ACM Opinion
The Robot Artists Aren’t Coming
Artificial intelligence is making machines more creative — but machines don't make art.
From Communications of the ACM
How to Curtail Oversensing in the Home
Limiting sensitive information leakage via smart-home sensor data.
From Communications of the ACM
Kode Vicious Plays in Traffic
With increasing complexity comes increasing risk.
From Communications of the ACM
Technology Adoption
The S-shaped curve of technology adoption is a welcome recurrence in an otherwise chaotic adoption world.
From Communications of the ACM
Studying Programming in the Neuroage: Just a Crazy Idea?
Programming research has entered the Neuroage.
From Communications of the ACM
AI and Accessibility
A discussion of ethical considerations.