Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
From ACM Opinion
Europe Is in Danger of Using the Wrong Definition of AI
Some intelligent systems are at risk of being excluded from oversight in the EU's proposed legislation
From ACM Opinion
Why You Can't Rebuild Wikipedia with Crypto
Software engineer and Wikipedia editor talks about her Web3 skepticism
From ACM Opinion
The Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
From ACM Opinion
Who Gets to Decide if an AI Is Alive?
We need a Turing Test for consciousness that works for modern AI
From Communications of the ACM
The Troubling Future for Facial Recognition Software
Considering the myriad perspectives of facial recognition technology.
From Communications of the ACM
Bursting a Few Balloons Regarding the Famous DARPA Red Balloon Challenge
A balloon's-eyeperspective on a unique distributed, time-critical, geo-location problem.
From Communications of the ACM
Is a Privacy Crisis Experienced, a Privacy Crisis Avoided?
Exploring immersive theatre as a way to educate audiences and study their perceptions of privacy and technology ethics.
From Communications of the ACM
A Call to Action
Digital dreams have become nightmares: What we must do.
From ACM Opinion
The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties
The search for a crypto use case continues
From ACM Opinion
DeepMind AlphaCode Does Not Compare to Human Programmers
Human programmers are in control but they must learn to harness the power and limits of AI-generated code
From ACM Opinion
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Datasets
Retired and redacted datasets flagged as harmful or biased continue to rear their ugly heads
From ACM Opinion
Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing?
Have the big thinkers of tech lost their mojo?
From ACM Opinion
Open Source Intelligence
Averting strategic surprises requires uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight
From Communications of the ACM
I Unplugged What?
The lessons here are broader than just a simple "Don't do that."
From Communications of the ACM
A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
From ACM Opinion
Microsoft Quantum Computing Exec Sees Progress
Company's novel, risky approach to quantum computing might be ready to put setbacks behind it
From ACM Opinion
Is LiDAR on Its Way Out?
As automation proliferates, sensing is increasingly moving toward software and away from LiDAR
From ACM Opinion
Why Better AI May Depend on Fake Data
Synthetic data can provide AI with a broader education than real-world data, but challenges exist
From ACM Opinion