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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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?
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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
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Caution Ahead: Navigating Risks to Freedoms Posed by AI
Applications of AI could pierce through boundaries that safeguard our rights and liberties
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Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
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Who Killed the Robot Dog?
The robotic companion was once a dream of techno-utopianism, but has instead become a terrifying weapon
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The Urgency of the Moment for Congress on AI and National Security
Congressional oversight of the intelligence community is critical to keeping pace with adversaries and gleaning accurate insights
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Truly Ethical AI Needs Research to Be Independent from Big Tech
Curb the power of Silicon Valley and protect those who speak up about the harms of AI
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Why We Must Rethink AI Benchmarks
While helpful in comparing AI performance, benchmarks are often taken out of context, sometimes to harmful results
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Human-Centered Explainable AI and Social Transparency
An interview with doctoral candidate Upol Ehsan, who researched human-centered explainable AI
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The Father of Web3 Wants You to Trust Less
Gavin Wood believes decentralized technologies are the only hope of preserving liberal democracy
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Four AI Trends for 2022
Look for improvements to neural networks, strategic ethics, hiring practices, and even gastronomy
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Keeping AI in Healthcare in Check
Experts discuss the need to prevent AI bias in healthcare
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Be Wary of Trusting Algorithms in Volatile Markets
IT leaders can prevent disaster by understanding and articulating the risks of relying on increasingly complex algorithms
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The Inherent Limitations of GPT-3
Why GPT-3 as is will not cost many people their jobs or soon lead to AGI
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AI Reality Check
The limitations in getting machines to understand a world they don't live in
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China's AI Dream and the AI 'Arms Race'
Stanford postdoctoral fellow discusses research exploring impact of AI in a possible U.S.-China power transition
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An Insider's View of 'Algorithmic Warfare'
Artificial intelligence will change the nature of war, says a former U.S. deputy secretary of defense.
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