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 AI Ethicist's Dirty Hands Problem
Attempting to balance sometimes-conflicting interests.
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The End of Programming
The end of classical computer science is coming, and most of us are dinosaurs waiting for the meteor to hit.
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Are Software Updates Useless against Advanced Persistent Threats?
Considering the conundrum of software updates.
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From Quantum Computing to Quantum Communications
Attempting to disentangle mechanical principles.
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Your Creativity Will Not Save Your Job from AI
Once considered capable only of unimaginative, routine work, the robots of today craft articles and create award-winning art.
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The New AI Writing Tool Might Teach Us the Value of Truth
AI literally does not care what is true.
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Effective Altruism Is Pushing a Dangerous Brand of AI Safety
This philosophy fuels the artificial intelligence research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity.
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Adam Dymitruk on Event Modeling
Exploring the event-modeling approach to discovering requirements and designing software systems.
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Three Key Takeaways from Meta's Galactica AI
We should look at Galactica's initial failure as another scientific experiment, one that can bring us one step closer to success.
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Yoshua Bengio: The Past, Present, and Future of Deep Learning
2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient discusses his career, collaborations, deep learning's promise, and directions for the field.
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The 'End of Crypto'? Not So Fast
The trust lost in the FTX debacle will take years to rebuild, but it is certainly not the end of crypto.
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Building a New Economy: Data, AI, and Web3
How distributed technologies could return more control to users.
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Can Universities Combat the 'Wrong Kind of AI'?
Seeking an artificial intelligence reset.
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The Four Horsemen of an Ailing Software Project
Don't let the pale rider catch you with an exception.
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The Context Problem in Artificial Intelligence
The artificial intelligence design challenge of teaming humans and machines is difficult because machines cannot read the context of use.
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Why Synthetic Data Is Key to Paving the Way for Smart Cities
Synthetic data helps in projects that place heavy demand on data.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights? A Lawyer's Response
Robots are hardware and software packages that lack a nature or any abilities outside of whatever their designers imagine.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights?
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
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How AI Is Generating a Tech Industry Upturn
We have a whole new era of exuberance on our hands.
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