Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Can Machines Control Our Brains?
Advances in brain-computer interface technology are impressive, but not close to anything resembling mind control.
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'Clearly AI Is Going to Win'
Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discusses listening to science, avoiding system noise, and the inevitability of AI over human intelligence.
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Defining a Role for AI Ethics in National Security
Mariarosaria Taddeo, an associate professor and senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and Dstl Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, discusses...
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Stop the Emerging AI Cold War
Proliferating military artificial intelligence will leave the world less safe—so we must focus on ethics and global cooperation, argues Denise Garcia, vice-chair...
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Cooperative AI: Machines Must Learn to Find Common Ground
To help humanity solve fundamental problems of cooperation, scientists need to reconceive artificial intelligence as deeply social.
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Trustworthy Scientific Computing
Addressing the trust issues underlying the current limits on data sharing.
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The 10 Best Practices for Remote Software Engineering
Focusing on the human element of remote software engineer productivity.
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Automation and the 'Winner Take Most' Effect
The threat that automation poses to humans has been greatly exaggerated, says Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and a senior fellow...
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When Hackers Were Heroes
The complex legacy of Steven Levy's obsessive programmers.
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Reflections on Black in Computing
Seeking to improve systemic fairness in the computing realm.
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From Remote Work to Working From Anywhere
Tracing temporary work modifications resulting in permanent organizational changes.
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The Transformation of Patient-Clinician Relationships with AI-based Medical Advice
A "bring your own algorithm" era in healthcare.
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What Can the Maker Movement Teach Us About the Digitization of Creativity?
Experimenting with the creative process.
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Science Is Not Another Opinion
The issue is not who has the "truth," but whose claims deserve more credence.
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What To Do About Deepfakes
Seeking to reap the positive uses of synthetic media while minimizing or preventing negative societal impact.
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Informing California Privacy Regulations with Evidence from Research
Designing and testing 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information' icons.
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Let's Not Dumb Down the History of Computer Science
Donald Knuth on the best way to recognize the history of computer science.
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Polanyi's Revenge and AI's New Romance with Tacit Knowledge
Artificial intelligence systems need the wisdom to know when to take advice from us and when to learn from data.
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