Technologies to detect brain activity—fine, we'll come right out and call it mind reading—as well as to change it are moving along so quickly that "a bit of a gold...STAT News From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
Last week the pilot light for my water heater went out. I tried to relight it by following the instructions pasted on the side of the heater, but they were as inscrutable...Wired From ACM Opinion | December 19, 2017
Jibo the robot swivels around when it hears its name and tilts its touchscreen face upward, expectantly.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 11, 2017
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to let Comcast, Verizon and other broadband companies turn the internet into a latter-day version of...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 5, 2017
The 37% rule is rarely applicable in real-world situations. It is certainly entirely wrong-headed as advice for getting married.
Ernest Davis From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2017
Back in 2005, a small phone company based in North Carolina named Madison River began preventing its subscribers from making phone calls using the internet application...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 27, 2017
In May 2016, a Facebook page called Heart of Texas urged its nearly 254,000 followers to rise up against what it considered to be an urgent cultural menace.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 9, 2017
When i brought the robot home from the Apple Store, I knew I was inviting a new kind of strangeness into our lives.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2017
Pundits have been fretting a lot lately about robots leaving humans behind, taking our jobs and possibly a lot more, as in The Matrix and Terminator films.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 6, 2017