Autonomous weapons experts sounded the alarm last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, cautioning that unless governments act to limit these...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 27, 2016
Tom was discussing the film star Tang Wei with a chatbot named XiaoIce, and the bot was excited: "A goddess! She stole my heart … and then went off and married!"...Wired From ACM Opinion | January 26, 2016
A year ago, President Obama stood behind a podium at the Federal Trade Commission and called for legislation that would set a single national standard for when...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 22, 2016
For many of us, the concept of artificial intelligence conjures up visions of a machine-dominated world, where humans are servants to the devices they created.Wired From ACM Opinion | January 22, 2016
In his famous sonnet, On First Looking into Chapman's Homer, John Keats describes the moment he first came to appreciate some of the great works of classical antiquity...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2016
It's been a memorable year in social media. 2015 saw the birth of live social streaming, with apps like Periscope and Meerkat winning over early adopters.Medium From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2016
There's a little parlor game that people in Silicon Valley like to play. Let's call it, Who's Losing?The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 20, 2016
The idea that humans will eventually travel to and inhabit other parts of our galaxy was well expressed by the early Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 14, 2016
A new gene-editing technology has been relentlessly hyped over the past year, and it goes by a catchy if rather incongruous acronym: Crispr.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | January 13, 2016
Every time a toddler accidentally shoots a friend or family member, a teen kills himself via gunshot or a shooter perpetrates an act of mass violence, public discussion...The Conversation From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2016
Here's the basic problem the government faces when it comes to stopping the Islamic State's Internet propaganda: It needs Silicon Valley's help. But some tech companies—even...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 11, 2016
It has now been 2.5 years since the first Snowden revelations were published. And in 2015, government surveillance marched on in both large (the National Security...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | January 7, 2016
Physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked the question "Where are they?" to express his surprise over the absence of any signs for the existence of other intelligent...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 7, 2016