From Communications of the ACM
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
Filippo Gualtiero Blancato| March 1, 2024
Quantum-computer whiz riffs on simulated universes, the Singularity, unified theories, P/NP, the mind-body problem, free will, why there's something rather than...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 27, 2016
Valentine's Day was a bummer in Mountain View, Calif. For the first time, one of Google's self-driving cars, a modified Lexus SUV, caused a crash.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2016
Many think author, inventor and data scientist Ray Kurzweil is a prophet for our digital age. A few say he's completely nuts.
Playboy From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2016
Nearly 20 years ago, after a chess-playing computer called Deep Blue beat the world grandmaster Garry Kasparov, I wrote an article about why humans would long remain...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2016
In February, Microsoft Corp. Vice President Derrick Connell visited the Bing search team in Hyderabad, India, to oversee a Monday morning hackathon.Bloomberg From ACM Opinion | March 31, 2016
Marvin Minsky was one of the founders of artificial intelligence, and with John McCarthy, he created MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2016
ALPHAGO, the artificial intelligence system built by the Google subsidiary DeepMind, has just defeated the human champion, Lee Se-dol, four games to one in the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 16, 2016
AlphaGo's victories against legendary Go player Lee Se-dol over the last few days mark a major milestone in AI research.The Verge From ACM Opinion | March 14, 2016
In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated the world chess champion Garry Kasparov. It was a momentous occasion for artificial intelligence, showing how far a clever...CNN From ACM Opinion | March 10, 2016
A memory that’s stayed with me from my stint in the military nearly 50 years ago is a sign that my supply sergeant kept on his desk: "We’ve been working with less...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 3, 2016
Let's say computers come for most of our jobs. This may not seem likely at the moment; computer scientists and economists offer wildly varying ideas for how deeply...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 3, 2016