A major theme in recent political discourse has been the perceived impact of robots and automation on the United States labor economy.
MIT News From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2017
Self-driving cars, the state of computer science research, artificial intelligence, and other topics were all on the table when MIT' CSAIL hosted Alphabet Chairman...MIT CSAIL From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2017
In October, when malware called Mirai took over poorly secured webcams and DVRs, and used them to disrupt internet access across the United States, I wondered who...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2017
The same week that President Trump issued his hire American executive order, the president of one of China's top tech companies said his company wants to do the...NPR From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2017
From balloon-based Internet to self-driving cars, Astro Teller and his team have produced some of the world's most ambitious technology products.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2017
Serial entrepreneur Andrew "Bunnie" Huang believes that consumer product companies should make their hardware designs publicly available so that anyone can study...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | March 10, 2017
Alumnus Professor Francis Allotey has worked tirelessly to promote math, physics, and computer science in Ghana and Africa more widely. Now he is working with Imperial...Imperial College London From ACM Opinion | March 8, 2017
Feng Zhang occupies a corner office on the 10th floor of the gleaming, modern biotechnology palace called the Broad Institute.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | February 22, 2017
To an engineer in Silicon Valley, the Defense Department can look a little old, a little slow, and a little fat.
Wired From ACM Opinion | February 21, 2017
OSLS Linus Torvalds believes the technology industry's celebration of innovation is smug, self-congratulatory, and self-serving.
The Register From ACM Opinion | February 17, 2017
Trucks that can drive themselves along delivery routes. Computers capable of defeating world champions in a notoriously complex game. Apps that can translate sentences...Time From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2017
Donald Trump's ascension to the White House had very little to do with his views on the spread of high-speed broadband, wireless spectrum allocation—or any number...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 11, 2016
This week the U.S. elected businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump as its 45th president. As Scientific American has reported in the run-up to the election...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 11, 2016
"If you want a career in medicine these days you're better off studying mathematics or computing than biology."BBC News From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2016
Five months after announcing its intentions to gather genome sequences from 2 million people, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has selected geneticist David Goldstein...Nature From ACM Opinion | September 30, 2016
Daniela Rus is the first female director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. From her post, she has witnessed and influenced a number...Forbes From ACM Opinion | September 13, 2016
On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 15, 2016
After years as a punchline, virtual reality is enjoying a renaissance. Venture capitalists plowed $1.2 billion into virtual-reality and augmented-reality startups...Slate From ACM Opinion | August 12, 2016
You devoted your life to human-driven transportation, engineering SUVs at Ford and taking Hyundai (as U.S. CEO and president) to record levels of sales in the U...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | August 4, 2016