Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
From ACM Opinion
Is LiDAR on Its Way Out?
As automation proliferates, sensing is increasingly moving toward software and away from LiDAR
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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
The Real Action for Tech Regulation Is Far from Washington, D.C.
Congress doesn't seem ready to take on privacy or competition, but states are refusing to wait around
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Why the FTC Attempt to Stop Tech 'Surveillance' Faces Long Odds
Lina Khan's FTC has experienced a series of delays in trying to enact new privacy rules
From ACM Opinion
Dems Will Probably Miss Chance to Shape Crypto Regulation
Both houses of Congress are back in session with a packed agenda, and way down on that priority list is regulating crypto
From ACM Opinion
I Am Therefore I Think
Scientists say social interaction is 'the dark matter of AI'
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Individual AI, a New Technology that Will Change Our World?
Is the next version of AI a technological symbiosis of the human brain and the computer system?
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Deep Learning Can't Be Trusted
Brain modeling pioneer Stephen Grossberg explains why his ART model is better
From ACM Opinion
Save Social Media by Treating It like a City
Make online spaces more similar to offline ones to limit the reach of bad actors and keep people safe
From ACM Opinion
Does AI Understand Our Language?
Can large language models teach us about the nature of language, understanding, intelligence, sociality, and personhood?
From ACM Opinion
The Future of Robot Nannies
A machine can't love our children, but our children might love them
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2021 Was the Year of Monster AI Models
GPT-3 kicked off a new trend in AI for bigger and bigger models, but how large will they get?
From ACM Opinion
Why It's Too Early to Get Excited About Web3
Idealism surrounding the Web3 vision is great, but we’ve been there before
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What Does It Mean for AI to Understand?
It's simple enough for AI to seem to comprehend data, but devising a true test of a machine's knowledge has proved difficult
From ACM Opinion
AWS Is Too Big to Fail
Quite simply, AWS is too big and has too many customers for the good of society
From ACM Opinion
Caution Ahead: Navigating Risks to Freedoms Posed by AI
Applications of AI could pierce through boundaries that safeguard our rights and liberties
From Communications of the ACM
Even If Users Do Not Read Security Directives, Their Behavior Is Not So Catastrophic
Turning believers into nonbelievers.
From Communications of the ACM
Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
From Communications of the ACM