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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Considering 'Creatively Adequate' AI
The future of artificial intelligence needs less data and can tolerate ambiguity
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I've Seen the Metaverse–and I Don't Want It
The metaverse's seductive idea of a virtual utopia looks more like a late-capitalist technocratic nightmare
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An Interview with Microsoft's Head of Gaming Ecosystem
Sarah Bond discusses how Microsoft shifted its console-centric gaming business to make the most of its investments in cloud
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Antitrust Enforcers Are Not Going to Back Down
FTC Chair Lina Khan talks outlines her vision for the future of antitrust enforcement
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Open Source Intelligence
Averting strategic surprises requires uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight
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Is Your Autonomous Vehicle as Smart as You Expected?
Suggesting a better route to evaluate autonomous vehicles' smartness.
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A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
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Facebook's Unglamorous Mistakes
Facebook's little mistakes have big consequences, too, but only for us
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Is LiDAR on Its Way Out?
As automation proliferates, sensing is increasingly moving toward software and away from LiDAR
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Avoiding Defects in C Programming
Computer security specialist details tools and techniques developers can use to write secure code in C
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Why the FTC Attempt to Stop Tech 'Surveillance' Faces Long Odds
Lina Khan's FTC has experienced a series of delays in trying to enact new privacy rules
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Dems Will Probably Miss Chance to Shape Crypto Regulation
Both houses of Congress are back in session with a packed agenda, and way down on that priority list is regulating crypto
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I Am Therefore I Think
Scientists say social interaction is 'the dark matter of AI'
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The Dangers of Treating AI like a God
We should be more critical of those making decisions about how AI is used, says anthropologist Beth Singler
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Robot Learning at Google and Generalization via Language
Google Robotics research scientist Eric Jang talks about robotic manipulation and self-supervised robotic learning
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Individual AI, a New Technology that Will Change Our World?
Is the next version of AI a technological symbiosis of the human brain and the computer system?
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