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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Let Section 230 Stay
Removing immunity for algorithmic recommendations would make it nearly impossible for social media platforms as we know them to function.
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"Conversational" AI Is Really Bad at Conversations
Conversation without change is just a five-finger exercise.
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The Battle Over Women's Data
In a post-Roe world, bodily autonomy must include control over personal data.
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U.K. Online Safety Bill Is Doomed to Fail
Draft legislation suffers from mission creep, internal contradictions, and a dire lack of clear definitions.
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The Premature Obituary of Programming
Why deep learning will not replace programming.
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Software Engineering of Machine Learning Systems
Seeking to make machine learning more dependable.
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The AI Ethicist's Dirty Hands Problem
Attempting to balance sometimes-conflicting interests.
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The End of Programming
The end of classical computer science is coming, and most of us are dinosaurs waiting for the meteor to hit.
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From Quantum Computing to Quantum Communications
Attempting to disentangle mechanical principles.
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The 'End of Crypto'? Not So Fast
The trust lost in the FTX debacle will take years to rebuild, but it is certainly not the end of crypto.
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Building a New Economy: Data, AI, and Web3
How distributed technologies could return more control to users.
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Can Universities Combat the 'Wrong Kind of AI'?
Seeking an artificial intelligence reset.
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The Context Problem in Artificial Intelligence
The artificial intelligence design challenge of teaming humans and machines is difficult because machines cannot read the context of use.
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More Crypto Regulation Is Needed—Now
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must use the FTX collapse to get clear about the rules and regulations that govern the crypto ecosystem.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights? A Lawyer's Response
Robots are hardware and software packages that lack a nature or any abilities outside of whatever their designers imagine.
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The Computer Scientist Who Is Boosting Privacy on the Internet
Harry Halpin has helped create a new kind of network that might enable more private Internet conversations.
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