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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
Nearly 20 years ago, after a chess-playing computer called Deep Blue beat the world grandmaster Garry Kasparov, I wrote an article about why humans would long remain...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2016
The United States Justice Department announced this week that it was able to unlock the iPhone used by the gunman in the San Bernardino shooting in December, and...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2016
After a third party went to the F.B.I. with claims of being able to unlock an iPhone, many in the security industry said they were not surprised that the thirdApple...The Nw York Times From ACM Opinion | March 23, 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
"Are you sure they're there?" the decision maker asks. "They" are Qaeda operatives who have been planning attacks against the United States.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 22, 2016
Congress could soon vote on a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to get a search warrant from a judge to obtain emails, photographs and other documents...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 10, 2016
Welcome to the era of AI-human hybrid intelligence, where people and artificial intelligence systems work together seamlessly.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 14, 2015
A decision on Tuesday by the European Union’s highest court, striking down an agreement between the E.U. and the United States that allows companies like Facebook...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 9, 2015
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
Last month over a thousand scientists and tech-world luminaries, including Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak, released an open letter calling for a global...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 18, 2015
In June, a father of six was shot dead on a Monday afternoon in Evanston, Ill., a suburb 10 miles north of Chicago.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 12, 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
More than a year ago, in a decision that stunned many American Internet companies, Europe's highest court ruled that search engines were required to grant an unusual...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 6, 2015
When the history of the connected car is written, this week may go down as a pivotal moment for consumers worried about security.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 24, 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