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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How to Solve AI's 'Common-Sense' Problem
AI systems without common sense will make mistakes when they reach the limits of where they've been trained.
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Virtual Reality Stinks Because It Does Not Smell
For VR to feel truly immersive, it needs to start stinking it up.
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The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety
Interacting online today means being besieged by system-generated recommendations, but do we want what the machines tell us we want?
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Artificial Creativity?
Models such as DALL-E dissociate ideation from implementation, but do we care?
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Data Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
Only when we learn from them can we make headway in stopping the cycle.
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An Interview with Dana Scott
ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award recipient Dana Scott reflects on his career.
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An Interview with Dana Scott
ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award recipient Dana Scott reflects on his career.
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Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
NSF's vision for the U.S. cyberinfrastructure ecosystem for science and engineering in the 21st century.
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The U.S. Has a Historic Opportunity to Bridge the Digital Divide
Past initiatives did not focus enough on people of color, but here is how to improve.
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Matthew Ball on the Metaverse
Leading metaverse theorist shares his thoughts on the sudden rise of the concept, its utility for the enterprise, and what we still get wrong.
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AI Researchers Building Surveillance Tech and Deep Fakes Resist Ethical Concerns
The computer vision research community is behind on AI ethics, but it is not just a research problem.
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Could AI Replace Therapists?
A non-sentient artificial intelligence may be able to offer effective psychotherapy.
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Should Machines Replace Mathematicians?
A "replication crisis" in mathematics raises questions about the purpose of knowledge.
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The Latin of Software Code Is Thriving
Next time you laugh at musty old tech, remember that new technologies are often built on it.
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Can Computers Be Mathematicians?
Artificial intelligence has bested humans at problem-solving challenges like chess and Go. Is mathematics research next?
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Who Is Liable when AI Kills?
We need to change rules and institutions while still promoting innovation to protect people from faulty AI.
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