Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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David Chalmers: Virtual Reality Is as Real as Real Reality
Philosopher explains how virtual worlds shed light on questions such as what is reality and are we living in a simulation
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Explosive Golf Video Game Has the Best Physics Simulation Ever
Before teeing off, I take a few seconds to line up the shot.
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What Digital Trash Dumped in Games Tells S About the Players
A strawberry Christmas cake, sexy pants, a pool table, three red jet planes, a hippy bandana, a dog sled, a jetpack, a pair of Adidas trainers, a Tudor throne,an...
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How the Scariest Video Games se Our Own Minds to Terrify s
I think he’s gone—Oh! He's not gone he’s not gone no no no he’s not gone oh Jesus Christ look at his face
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I've Taught Computers to Paint Portraits — and How to Code
Falmouth University professor Simon Colton works with software that behaves in ways that would be deemed creative if observed in humans. In an interview, Colton...
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Virtual Zombie Apocalypse Can Prepare S For Disaster
Why use online games to study our responses to catastrophic events?
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Ex Machina: Quest to Create an AI Takes No Prisoners
It's a rare thing to see a movie about science that takes no prisoners intellectually.
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How Big Data Algorithms See s—while They Eat S p
Four years ago I interviewed Sam Yagan, then CEO of OKCupid, about the mathematics underlying his free matchmaking site.
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Dobby, Pikachu, and Kermit Are My Robots' Role Models
Humanoid robots aren't very charismatic yet.
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A Stronger 'online Eraser' Law Would Be a Mistake
Excited teenagers—in other words normal teenagers—have never been famous for consistently wise decisions, nor should they be.
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