Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
From ACM Opinion
A Common-Sense Test for AI Could Lead to Smarter Machines
Injecting common sense into AI could mean big things for humans.
From ACM Opinion
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Demos
One way to examine the relationship between AI and democracy is to turn the attention toward the very basic unit common to all forms of democracy: the people.
From Communications of the ACM
What's Your Placebo?
The dangers of participation bias in educational studies.
From Communications of the ACM
Storytelling and Science
Incorporating storytelling into organizational culture.
From ACM Opinion
We've Got Misinformation All Wrong
We must accept that misinformation is not one problem, but a whole set of problems.
From ACM Opinion
Democratization of AI Could Prevent the Great Resignation
To guard against the effect of the Great Resignation, enterprises need to reassess their training programs.
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AI Needs Pragmatists and Blue-Sky Visionaries
For humanity's brightest future, the blue-sky, lofty thinkers in AI need the help of the muddy-boots pragmatists.
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How AI Could Accidentally Extinguish Humankind
Humanity is not prepared for artificial superintelligence right now.
From ACM Opinion
Blowing Up the Internet...to Protect Kids Online
Framed as a bill to protect kids online, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act would radically reshape the Internet—and harm both kids and adults.
From ACM News
We Need to Talk About How Good AI Is Getting
We are in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence, and it is time to start taking its potential and risks seriously.
From ACM Opinion
Software Can Do Better than 'Male,' 'Female,' and 'Other'
Providing more-expansive gender options is not a difficult coding problem.
From Communications of the ACM
Let Us Not Put All Our Eggs in One Basket
Toward new research directions in computer science.
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The Atlas Milestone
Celebrating virtual memory, which has made such a difference in how we approach programming, memory management, and secure computing.
From ACM Opinion
Recent Dip in Chip Demand Will Not Doom CHIPS-Plus Act
However, critics still have plenty of reasons to be skeptical about the subsidies.
From ACM Opinion
The U.S. Needs Its Own Chips
Regardless of what happens between Taiwan and China, the U.S. needs to be prepared.
From ACM Opinion
Can Neural Networks Learn Better than Human Neurons?
When AI programmers stop trying to copy the human neuron, neural networks make much better progress.
From ACM Opinion
Why Can't Tech Fix Its Gender Problem?
A new generation of tech activists, organizers, and whistleblowers, most of whom are female, non-white, gender-diverse, or queer may bring change.
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