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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Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted?
It will be a long road to learning how to use generative AI wisely.
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The Parchment Path?
Is there ever a time when learning is not of value—for its own sake?
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Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science
How artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.
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Trust Is Not Enough: Accuracy, Error, Randomness, and Accountability in an Algorithmic Society
Searching for improved algorithmic accountability.
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Decentraland: The Alleged Decentralization of Blockchain Applications
Breaking down the blockchain.
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Do the Right Thing
Exploring the intersection of legal compliance and ethical judgment.
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Updates, Threats, and Risk Management
Revisiting a recent column considering security updates.
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Ethics as a Participatory and Iterative Process
Facilitating ethical reflection, inquiry, and deliberation.
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Faculty Can Save Lives of the Elderly
A unique viewpoint on risks to senior citizens from academia.
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Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience
Complementary objectives competing for the same resources.
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Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?
Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.
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Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech
Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.
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Contracting for Artificial Intelligence
Considering the promises and perils of contracting for the use of artificial intelligence tools and data.
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A Turning Point for Cyber Insurance
Technologists who understand and measure cyber risk can motivate policyholders to improve security.
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Metrics for Success: Why and How to Evaluate Privacy Choice Usability
Assessing the usability of choice and consent mechanisms.
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A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic Recommendations
Reconsidering liability shield considerations.
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A Map for Innovation
Innovation is less elusive with the right navigational map.
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