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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'Small Data' Is Also Crucial for Machine Learning
The most promising AI approach you've never heard of doesn't need to go big
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Facebook Uses Deceptive Math to Hide Its Hate Speech Problem
The company claims its AI is amazing at removing harmful content, but internal documents suggest the algorithm is ineffective
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Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Events Before They Occur
AI-enabled platforms are expected to offer strategic warning of adversarial actions prior to any irreversible moves having been made
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Meta Learning and Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Stanford professor Chelsea Finn talks about robotics and meta learning research
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Why Robots Should Fear Death as Much as We Do
To gain full artificial general intelligence, perhaps machines need to fear their own mortality
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The FDA Should Better Regulate Medical Algorithms
Most do not require the agency's approval, and those that do often don't require clinical trial
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Americans Need a Bill of Rights for an AI-Powered World
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is developing principles to guard against powerful technologies—with input from the public
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Supersized AIs: Are Truly Intelligent Machines Just a Matter of Scale?
Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led to suggestions that scaling up will usher in ultimately true machine intelligence
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Will the Cloud Eat Your AI?
Big cloud providers have a lot going for them when it comes to AI, but are they the only game in town?
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Facebook Can't Be Saved
Whistleblower Frances Haugen told senators that Facebook shouldn't be broken up, but its problems are a direct consequence of its size.
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Why OpenAI's Codex Won't Replace Coders
Human programmers can actually become more powerful and efficient with Codex
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Why Facebook Should Release the Facebook Files
The company's least-bad option might also do a lot of good
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Timnit Gebru's Plan to Rethink Big Tech
Former Google AI ethics chief says whistleblowers working on AI need newer, better, tougher regulatory protections
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'Self-Driving' Cars Begin to Emerge from a Cloud of Hype
Developers try to overcome a multitude of technical challenges before vehicles drive on their own
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Leadership Lessons about Ethical AI and Algorithms
Wall Street Journal's Facebook series exposes flaws in leadership's handling of algorithms' unintended consequences
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Should Oversight of Biased AI Be Left Up to People?
Mounting research shows humans may not be up to the task of reigning in runaway algorithms
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A Developer's Guide to Machine-Learning Security
Countering adversarial attacks means understanding the different types as well as the ML weak spots
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Yann LeCun Talks Research Beginnings and Recent Developments
Deep-learning pioneer discusses early days in image-processing and developments in self-supervised learning for computer vision
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Who's Building the Foundation Models of the Future?
Curation, auditing, and evaluation of so-called 'foundation models' should not be left to the tech industry.
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