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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Ghost in the Sell: Hollywood's Mischievous Vision of AI
Watch enough science fiction movies and you'll probably come to the conclusion that humans are living on borrowed time.
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How the Republicans Sold Your Privacy to Internet Providers
On Tuesday afternoon, while most people were focused on the latest news from the House Intelligence Committee, the House quietly voted to undo rules that keep internet...
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War By Any Means: The Story of DARPA
Shortly after arriving at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in April 1958, the new chief scientist presented a plan to the agency's director.
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The Trump Administration's War on Science
"Think of the marvels we can achieve if we simply set free the dreams of our people," President Trump said in his speech to Congress last month, after summoning...
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What It Means to Be an Entrepreneur Today
In his keynote address before the fifth edition of the Tech Open Air conference in Berlin in 2016, Kickstarter's cofounder and CEO Yancey Strickler suggests the...
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Wanted: Toolsmiths
Seeking to use software, hardware, and algorithmic ingenuity to create unique domain-independent instruments.
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Online Social Networks and Global Women's Empowerment
Mediating social change or reinforcing male hegemony?
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The Battle For Top AI Talent Only Gets Tougher From Here
Andrew Ng helped create two of Silicon Valley's leading artificial intelligence labs.
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Anti-Immigration Rhetoric Is a Threat to American Leadership
New immigration policies, coupled with xenophobic rhetoric and actions both before and after the election, are undoing the compact between the United States and...
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No, Microwave Ovens Cannot Spy on You, For Lots of Reasons
If you've been feeling a little paranoid lately—like even your standing mixer may be spying on you—rest assured that Trump senior counselor Kellyanne Conway shares...
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Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs With Smartphones?
Amid an opioid epidemic, the rise of deadly synthetic drugs and the widening legalization of marijuana, a curious bright spot has emerged in the youth drug culture...
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This Entrepreneur Dares You to Hack His Gadgets
Serial entrepreneur Andrew "Bunnie" Huang believes that consumer product companies should make their hardware designs publicly available so that anyone can study...
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Wikileaks' Attack on .s. Intelligence
Tuesday's WikiLeaks release exposing thousands of detailed documents on CIA hacking tools is an unbridled attack on U.S. intelligence operations with little or...
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'this Is an All Hands on Deck Thing': A Former Obama Technology Adviser on Robots, Jobs and Cyberwarfare
During the Obama administration, R. David Edelman was one of the president's top advisers. As a part of Obama's National Security Council and his National Economic...
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Q&a with Ghanaian Science Luminary Promoting Math in the Developing World
Alumnus Professor Francis Allotey has worked tirelessly to promote math, physics, and computer science in Ghana and Africa more widely. Now he is working with Imperial...
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Why the Biggest Challenge Facing AI Is an Ethical One
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and it's here to stay.
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Africa Needs More Women Computer Scientists: How To Make It Happen
Computer science is an especially male-dominated university course all over the world. I have some ideas about how to throw open more doors for women computer scientists...
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Trump's Wiretap Rant Betrays Ignorance of the Law
President Donald Trump set the political and national security community on fire Saturday morning, starting the day with a four-part Twitter rant alleging that...
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I'm Marching to Fight the Alarming War on Science. Join Me
Two new public marches and demonstrations focused on science and climate change have been scheduled for April. I plan to be at both.
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