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 Case for Big Action to Regulate AI
Why the topic of regulating artificial intelligence ignite such a visceral reaction.
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Banning ChatGPT Will Do More Harm than Good
A high school senior argues that generative AI can help reshape education for the better.
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What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Large language models seem startlingly intelligent, but what is really happening under the hood?
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The Mounting Human and Environmental Costs of Generative AI
Planetary impacts, escalating financial costs, and labor exploitation all factor.
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AI Is about to Change Your Job–and Not for the Better
Artificial intelligence is not the issue; the underlying socioeconomic system needs to change.
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ChatGPT in Healthcare Could Be a Huge Liability
ChatGPT could have dangerous implications for the field if it is not used with the proper context.
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The Researcher Who Would Teach Machines to Be Fair
Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan uses quantitative methods to expose and correct the misuse of quantitative methods.
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Academic Publishers Are Missing the Point on ChatGPT
Publishers that seize the opportunity to build on these tools to serve their international communities can engage with audiences that were previously inaccessible...
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Will AI Help Us to Work Less?
The idea that tech will free us from drudgery is an attractive narrative, but history tells a different story.
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AI Expert Weighs In on the Rise of Chatbots
Products like ChatGPT will never be truly ready to go unless we have a working AI technology that supports continuous life-long learning.
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GPT-4 Is Not Perfect, but Neither Are You
An interview with OpenAI's Greg Brockman.
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Do We Need a National Algorithms Safety Board?
Perfectly safe algorithmic systems are not possible, but safer systems are.
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Medical AI Is as Much Social as It Is Technological
Medical AI applications need to overcome transparency and trust issues.
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Large Language Models Will Change Programming…a Little
Hype has been a primary driver of the excitement around LLMs.
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With AI, We Are Reliving the Start of the Smartphone Era
We often judge the utility of a new technology on how well it deals with the problems of older ones.
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Who Is Liable when AI Kills?
We need to change rules and institutions while still promoting innovation to protect people from faulty artificial intelligence.
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Why You Should Not Trust AI Search Engines
The technology is simply not ready to be used like this at this scale.
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ChatGPT Can Improve Education, not Threaten It
A professor explains why he is allowing students to incorporate ChatGPT into their writing process instead of banning it.
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