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 Strange Allure of the Blockchain
Are we too aggressively looking to replace the danger of unjust financial systems with wildly risky alternative currencies?
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Is Your Autonomous Vehicle as Smart as You Expected?
Suggesting a better route to evaluate autonomous vehicles' smartness.
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A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
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Facebook's Unglamorous Mistakes
Facebook's little mistakes have big consequences, too, but only for us
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Individual AI, a New Technology that Will Change Our World?
Is the next version of AI a technological symbiosis of the human brain and the computer system?
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Save Social Media by Treating It like a City
Make online spaces more similar to offline ones to limit the reach of bad actors and keep people safe
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Even If Users Do Not Read Security Directives, Their Behavior Is Not So Catastrophic
Turning believers into nonbelievers.
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Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
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The Long Road Ahead to Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Anticipating the output of the competition for new cryptographic algorithms.
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Addressing Algorithmic Discrimination
Considering the intersection of technical design and civil rights when building and using classification algorithms.
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Epic Versus Apple and the Future of App Stores
Seeking a more equitable way to govern and distribute the revenues generated by App-store marketplaces.
From ACM Opinion
It's Too Late for Meta to Win over Washington
Lawmakers are not interested in the company's proposed concessions
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Truly Ethical AI Needs Research to Be Independent from Big Tech
Curb the power of Silicon Valley and protect those who speak up about the harms of AI
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The Father of Web3 Wants You to Trust Less
Gavin Wood believes decentralized technologies are the only hope of preserving liberal democracy
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Four AI Trends for 2022
Look for improvements to neural networks, strategic ethics, hiring practices, and even gastronomy
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Why You Should Care about Meta's Push into the Metaverse
The futuristic tech Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions in could remake the Internet
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What Every Engineer and Computer Scientist Should Know: The Biggest Contributor to Happiness
Seeking the fundamental factors instrumental to happiness.
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