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 Interview with Jim Keller: 'The Laziest Person at Tesla'
Veteran chip designer covers his past lives, Moore's Law, AI-designed chips, security, ethics, and more.
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Large Language Models Associate Muslims with Violence
New approaches are needed to systematically reduce the harmful bias of language models in deployment.
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Google's AI Approach to Microchips Is Welcome—but Needs Care
Artificial intelligence can help the electronics industry to speed up chip design. But the gains must be shared equitably.
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The Coming Productivity Boom
AI and other digital technologies have been surprisingly slow to improve economic growth. But that could be about to change.
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When AI Becomes Child's Play
Algorithms trained in pattern recognition struggle to understand kids.
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Amid a Pandemic, a Health Care Algorithm Shows Promise and Peril
A machine learning-based score designed to aid triage decisions is gaining in popularity, but lacking in transparency.
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Does AI Have an Alignment Problem?
The problems and the possibilities of AI are, in a very deep way, the problems and possibilities of humanity.
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Reward Is Enough for Generalized AI
The generic objective of maximizing reward is enough to drive behavior that exhibits most abilities studied in natural and artificial intelligence.
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Reducing Racial Bias in AI Models for Clinical Use
To fully address the issue of racial bias in AI models for clinical use, a top-down intervention is required.
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Machine Learning Security Needs New Perspectives and Incentives
Researchers and developers racing to make deep learning available to different applications need to actively seek out and address security challenges before they...
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Self-Driving Cars Might Never Be Able to Drive Themselves
Producing truly autonomous vehicles requires a fundamental shift in current approaches.
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For Companies That Use ML, Labeled Data Is the Key Differentiator
Any company that is considering using machine learning cannot overlook one technical choice: supervised or unsupervised learning.
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How to Be Responsible in AI Publication
A white paper from Partnership on AI advises on navigating the risks of AI research and responsible publication.
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Caution Ahead: Navigating Risks to Freedoms Posed by AI
NSCAI commissioners and PCLOB members urge a task force to examine the challenges of using AI systems across federal agencies.
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Can Machines Control Our Brains?
Advances in brain-computer interface technology are impressive, but not close to anything resembling mind control.
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'Clearly AI Is Going to Win'
Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discusses listening to science, avoiding system noise, and the inevitability of AI over human intelligence.
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European AI Needs Strategic Leadership, Not Overregulation
EU regulation of AI could limit the use cases and innovation and put the EU in a technologically inferior position globally.
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Defining a Role for AI Ethics in National Security
Mariarosaria Taddeo, an associate professor and senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and Dstl Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, discusses...
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Stop the Emerging AI Cold War
Proliferating military artificial intelligence will leave the world less safe—so we must focus on ethics and global cooperation, argues Denise Garcia, vice-chair...
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