Communications of the ACM
Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted?
It will be a long road to learning how to use generative AI wisely.
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The AI Ethicist's Dirty Hands Problem
Attempting to balance sometimes-conflicting interests.
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The End of Programming
The end of classical computer science is coming, and most of us are dinosaurs waiting for the meteor to hit.
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From Quantum Computing to Quantum Communications
Attempting to disentangle mechanical principles.
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The 'End of Crypto'? Not So Fast
The trust lost in the FTX debacle will take years to rebuild, but it is certainly not the end of crypto.
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Building a New Economy: Data, AI, and Web3
How distributed technologies could return more control to users.
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Can Universities Combat the 'Wrong Kind of AI'?
Seeking an artificial intelligence reset.
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The Context Problem in Artificial Intelligence
The artificial intelligence design challenge of teaming humans and machines is difficult because machines cannot read the context of use.
From ACM Opinion
More Crypto Regulation Is Needed—Now
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must use the FTX collapse to get clear about the rules and regulations that govern the crypto ecosystem.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights? A Lawyer's Response
Robots are hardware and software packages that lack a nature or any abilities outside of whatever their designers imagine.
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The Computer Scientist Who Is Boosting Privacy on the Internet
Harry Halpin has helped create a new kind of network that might enable more private Internet conversations.
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Rethinking Silicon Valley: Stewart Brand's Lost Journal
Discovering a hidden chapter in computing history.
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An Emergent Legal Right to Repair Electronic Devices
Parsing the fine print on repair tolerances.
From ACM Opinion
Video Game Players Avoid Gay Characters
A study of gamer behavior finds they shy away from gay characters, regardless of their strengths.
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Data Platforms and Network Effects
How data-network effects create opportunities and inflate expectations.
From ACM Opinion
Blowing Up the Internet...to Protect Kids Online
Framed as a bill to protect kids online, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act would radically reshape the Internet—and harm both kids and adults.
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We Need to Talk About How Good AI Is Getting
We are in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence, and it is time to start taking its potential and risks seriously.
From ACM Opinion
Software Can Do Better than 'Male,' 'Female,' and 'Other'
Providing more-expansive gender options is not a difficult coding problem.
From Communications of the ACM