From ACM Opinion
The current gap in policymakers' tech knowledge and technologists' ethics knowledge needs to be bridged to ensure AI's sustainable…
Analytics India Magazine| March 5, 2021
"Seveneves," Neal Stephenson: This novel about how the human race responds to the end of life on Earth rekindled my love for sci-fi. Some readers will lose patience...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2016
My instinct upon leaping into id Software's hyper-gruesome Doom, a gonzo shooter out May 13 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, is to dawdle.Time From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2016
Many newspapers and online media companies have begun disabling comment sections because of widespread abuse and obscenity.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2016
ALPHAGO, the artificial intelligence system built by the Google subsidiary DeepMind, has just defeated the human champion, Lee Se-dol, four games to one in the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 16, 2016
Let's say computers come for most of our jobs. This may not seem likely at the moment; computer scientists and economists offer wildly varying ideas for how deeply...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 3, 2016
College students tell me they know how to look someone in the eye and type on their phones at the same time, their split attention undetected.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 29, 2015
Shortly after its founding, Google posted a document on its site called "Ten things we know to be true," an effort to distill its unusual corporate culture into...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2015
I look at apps like Grindr and Tinder and see how they’ve rewritten sex culture—by creating a sexual landscape filled with vast amounts of incredibly graphic site...The Financial Times Magazine From ACM Opinion | July 22, 2015
Ever since Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of BlackBerry, neither has spoken much in public about the once-dominant...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 26, 2015
Looking at Microsoft’s sprawling product line and 118,000 or so employees, it’s easy to forget that the company started with one modest product made by two ambitious...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 5, 2015
The N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament started Thursday, but for most Americans the real action began days before, as they pored over brackets, competing to make...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 23, 2015
When Microsoft stock was at a record high in 1999, and its market capitalization was nearly $620 billion, the notion that Apple Computer would ever be bigger—let...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 30, 2015
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) is the first terrorist group whose members have grown up on the internet.The Financial Times From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2014
Gloomy economic news and the wild swings of the stock market may be getting you down. But at least you can count on this: We’ve entered the sweet spot of the ...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 27, 2014
Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 20, 2014