Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Face It, Meatsack: Pro Gamer Will Be the Only Job Left
Look at economic data closely and the trends aren't pretty: People with elite backgrounds are hoovering up an increasing share of new income and wealth.
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No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream
Defenders of globalization are on solid ground when they criticize President Trump's threats of punitive tariffs and border walls.
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Learning with Mobile Technologies
Considering the challenges, commitments, and quandaries.
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Congress Could Make Self-Driving Cars Happen — or Ruin Everything
Congress can address all open questions about robocar technologies and ensure they succeed. Or they can screw it all up.
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Will Algorithms Erode Our Decision-Making Skills?
Algorithms are embedded into our technological lives, helping accomplish a variety of tasks like making sure that email makes it to your aunt or that you're matched...
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'drone Bees' Are Comically Inept, Expensive and Dangerous to Real Bees
Bees are in decline in many areas.
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The AI Threat Isn't Skynet. It's the End of the Middle Class
In February 1975, a group of geneticists gathered in a tiny town on the central coast of California to decide if their work would bring about the end of the world...
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Coming Technology Will Likely Destroy Millions of Jobs. Is Trump Ready?
American manufacturing job losses to China and Mexico were a major theme of the presidential campaign, and President Trump has followed up on his promise to pressure...
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Lady Gaga's Halftime Show Drones Have a Bright Future
The best Super Bowl halftime shows leave indelible memories, be it a notorious wardrobe malfunction, that goofy Left Shark, or every last second of Beyoncé's two...
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Peer Review Has Its Shortcomings, But AI Is a Risky Fix
We should think twice before allowing autonomous AI systems to decide what research warrants publication.
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AI Dangers: Imagined and Real
Arguing against the arguments for the concept of the singularity.
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Smart Machines Are Not a Threat to Humanity
Worrying about machines that are too smart distracts us from the real and present threat from machines that are too dumb.
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When It Comes to Safety, Autonomous Cars Are Still 'teen Drivers'
Automakers ask drivers to trust and share U.S. roadways with autonomous vehicles, but there is no easy answer as to when they will be considered "safe."
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At Ces 2017, You Have to Ask: What Makes a Robot a Robot?
Tall, small, dancing, singing, cleaning, sassy, silly, cute and scary—CES 2017 was awash with robots.
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5 Big Predictions For Artificial Intelligence in 2017
Last year was huge for advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning. But 2017 may well deliver even more.
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Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2017
If you've seen in it in a movie, you might see it in reality in 2017.
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Best Books of 2016
Our editors' picks for the best books of 2016, and some they're eagerly anticipating.
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2017 Sneak Peek: What the New Year Holds For Science
If the United States pulls back on its climate commitments as president-elect Donald Trump has promised, China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases,...
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Building Jarvis
My personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI to run my home—like Jarvis in Iron Man.
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