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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An Emergent Legal Right to Repair Electronic Devices
Parsing the fine print on repair tolerances.
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Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet?
How a single Texas ruling could change the Web forever.
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A Common-Sense Test for AI Could Lead to Smarter Machines
Injecting common sense into AI could mean big things for humans.
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Open-Endedness and Evolution through Large Models
A conversation with Joel Lehman, machine-learning scientist formerly of OpenAI and Uber AI Labs.
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Data Platforms and Network Effects
How data-network effects create opportunities and inflate expectations.
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Designing to Avoid Worst-Case Outcomes
Interaction designer Jonathan Shariat discusses harmful software design.
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Linguistics and the Development of NLP
An interview with Christopher Manning, director of the Stanford University AI Lab and an associate director of Stanford's Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence...
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How AI Could Accidentally Extinguish Humankind
Humanity is not prepared for artificial superintelligence right now.
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I Was There When: AI Helped Create a Vaccine
An interview with Dave Johnson, chief data and artificial intelligence officer at Moderna.
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Supercomputer Emulator: AI's New Role in Science
Chris Bishop, Microsoft's head of AI4Science, sees machine learning partially supplanting simulation.
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'The New Generation of Computer Scientist Wants to Benefit Society'
Professor Jim Kurose discusses the type of science computing researchers are focusing on and the future of the field.
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On the Model of Computation: Counterpoint: Parallel Programming Wall and Multicore Software Spiral: Denial Hence Crisis
Parallel programming wall and multicore software spiral: Denial hence crisis.
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On the Model of Computation: Point: We Must Extend Our Model of Computation to Account for Cost and Location
We must extend our model of computation to account for cost and location.
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These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For
Considering copyright licensing issues involving non-fungible tokens to manage creative works.
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Democratizing LLMs Needs a Revolution in AI Hardware
Hardware barriers must be overcome to make LLMs available to a broader audience.
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Data Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
Only when we learn from them can we make headway in stopping the cycle.
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When Should a Black Box Be Transparent?
When is a replacement not a replacement?
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