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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An AWS Inconvenience
The company's recent outage took down Adele, Netflix, Tinder, and more, but it could've been worse
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China Will Soon Lead the U.S. in Tech
Beijing pulls ahead in 5G and artificial intelligence, while catching up in semiconductors
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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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The Intersection of Math, Computers, and Everything Else
MIT senior Shardul Chiplunkar aims to be a translator between the tech world and the rest of society
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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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Why You Should Care about Meta's Push into the Metaverse
The futuristic tech Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions in could remake the Internet
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Keeping AI in Healthcare in Check
Experts discuss the need to prevent AI bias in healthcare
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The U.S. Needs a Department of Tech and Science Policy
Two former NIH directors call for a cabinet-level department to formulate science policy, oversee tech development
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No, We Don't Have Living, Reproducing Robots
Kinematic self-replication is interesting research, but it isn't reproduction or replication
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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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A Fix-It Job for Government Tech
To build trust in the government, it would help if the website worked
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Stop the Blame Game to Achieve Research Integrity
Helping every scientist to improve is more effective than ferreting out a few frauds
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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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How to Fix Facebook
Twelve leading experts share bold solutions to the company's urgent problems
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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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