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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Nicki Washington: How Tackling Tech's Diversity Challenges Can Spur Innovation
Computer scientist and educator says technology's diversity problems begin in learning and working environments
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Jeannette Wing: How Computing Has Transformed
Data science expert talks about how trustworthy AI and causal reasoning can help society solve real-world problems
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Who Is Writing Our Digital Future, and Why It Matters?
The world is not built for everybody—we must make sure every voice is heard and every body seen
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Computer Science Education Is a Global Challenge
Analysis in the Brookings report shows a correlation between a country's economic position and implementation of computer science in schools.
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Avoiding AI's Bad Reputation
AI-based advertising models 'give tech a bad name,' says Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost
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What's Missing from the Push to Diversify Tech?
Focusing on hiring pipelines or career pathways alone won't solve tech's diversity and inclusion problems.
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Where Computing Might Go Next
The future of computing depends in part on how we reckon with its past
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Wall Street Doesn't Care about the Facebook Leaks, but Mark Zuckerberg Does
Facebook's numbers are doing fine for now, but not its reputation
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How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World
Six recommendations to take CS education to scale at primary and secondary school levels
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How AI Is Reinventing What Computers Are
Three key ways artificial intelligence is changing what it means to compute
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Explicative Programming
Making Computational Thinking relevant to schools.
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Programming Hate into AI Will Be Controversial, but Possibly Necessary
For a created consciousness to make value judgments, both liking and disliking functions must be part of the system.
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Moving Towards Reproducible Machine Learning
Reporting machine learning-based research can help to improve transparency and reproducibility
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In Favor of More Science Communication by AI Researchers
Those developing AI should do more to fix the misunderstanding, hype, and misinformation that surrounds it
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The Uselessness of Useful Knowledge
Today's powerful but little-understood AI breakthroughs echo past examples of unexpected scientific progress
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Transparency Can Help Fix Social Media—if Anyone Can Define It
Transparency promises users more insight into and power over social media services, but also signals how much we must figure out
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SEC Isn't Hurting Crypto Innovation, Says Industry Leader
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin says SEC Chair Gensler may need greater authority over crypto industry
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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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The Facebook Whistleblower Won't Change Anything
Whistleblowing keeps the limelight on one person instead of the movements already doing the work.
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