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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What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Large language models seem startlingly intelligent, but what is really happening under the hood?
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The Mounting Human and Environmental Costs of Generative AI
Planetary impacts, escalating financial costs, and labor exploitation all factor.
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AI Is about to Change Your Job–and Not for the Better
Artificial intelligence is not the issue; the underlying socioeconomic system needs to change.
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ChatGPT in Healthcare Could Be a Huge Liability
ChatGPT could have dangerous implications for the field if it is not used with the proper context.
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The Researcher Who Would Teach Machines to Be Fair
Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan uses quantitative methods to expose and correct the misuse of quantitative methods.
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Academic Publishers Are Missing the Point on ChatGPT
Publishers that seize the opportunity to build on these tools to serve their international communities can engage with audiences that were previously inaccessible...
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Five Questions for Brenda Darden Wilkerson
Former AnitaB.org president/CEO discusses AI, diversity in tech, and much more.
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Will AI Help Us to Work Less?
The idea that tech will free us from drudgery is an attractive narrative, but history tells a different story.
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AI Expert Weighs In on the Rise of Chatbots
Products like ChatGPT will never be truly ready to go unless we have a working AI technology that supports continuous life-long learning.
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Faculty Can Save Lives of the Elderly
A unique viewpoint on risks to senior citizens from academia.
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Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience
Complementary objectives competing for the same resources.
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Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?
Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.
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Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech
Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.
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Contracting for Artificial Intelligence
Considering the promises and perils of contracting for the use of artificial intelligence tools and data.
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GPT-4 Is Not Perfect, but Neither Are You
An interview with OpenAI's Greg Brockman.
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Do We Need a National Algorithms Safety Board?
Perfectly safe algorithmic systems are not possible, but safer systems are.
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Medical AI Is as Much Social as It Is Technological
Medical AI applications need to overcome transparency and trust issues.
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