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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Meta's Yann LeCun on His Vision for Human-level AI
Rather than try to replace natural intelligence, create AI that is compatible with human intelligence
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Europe Is in Danger of Using the Wrong Definition of AI
Some intelligent systems are at risk of being excluded from oversight in the EU's proposed legislation
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Why You Can't Rebuild Wikipedia with Crypto
Software engineer and Wikipedia editor talks about her Web3 skepticism
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The Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
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Who Gets to Decide if an AI Is Alive?
We need a Turing Test for consciousness that works for modern AI
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The Troubling Future for Facial Recognition Software
Considering the myriad perspectives of facial recognition technology.
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Bursting a Few Balloons Regarding the Famous DARPA Red Balloon Challenge
A balloon's-eyeperspective on a unique distributed, time-critical, geo-location problem.
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Is a Privacy Crisis Experienced, a Privacy Crisis Avoided?
Exploring immersive theatre as a way to educate audiences and study their perceptions of privacy and technology ethics.
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A Call to Action
Digital dreams have become nightmares: What we must do.
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Tracing the Evolution of the Computer, from Unusual to Ubiquitous
New book chronicles computer's journey from scientific instrument to general-purpose device
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The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties
The search for a crypto use case continues
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DeepMind AlphaCode Does Not Compare to Human Programmers
Human programmers are in control but they must learn to harness the power and limits of AI-generated code
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Understanding Software Dynamics
In an interview, computer architect Richard L. Sites discusses his new book
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The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Datasets
Retired and redacted datasets flagged as harmful or biased continue to rear their ugly heads
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An Interview with Microsoft's Head of Gaming Ecosystem
Sarah Bond discusses how Microsoft shifted its console-centric gaming business to make the most of its investments in cloud
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Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing?
Have the big thinkers of tech lost their mojo?
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Open Source Intelligence
Averting strategic surprises requires uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight
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I Unplugged What?
The lessons here are broader than just a simple "Don't do that."
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