Communications of the ACM
From ACM Opinion
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.
From Communications of the ACM
Intelligent Futures in Task Assistance
Applying lessons learned developing and deploying task management software.
From Communications of the ACM
What Must All Post-Secondary Students Learn about Computing?
Expanding students' understanding of computing's potential.
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.
From ACM Opinion
AI Should Supercharge Workers, not Compete with Them
The economy could get a boost if machine-learning engineers switched from copying human abilities to augmenting them.
From ACM Opinion
Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet?
How a single Texas ruling could change the Web forever.
From ACM Opinion
'We All Have A Part to Play in Fixing the Digital Skills Shortage'
Naomi Timperley, co-founder of Tech North Advocates and of GSI, talks about her work with tech startups, scaleups, and tomorrow's entrepreneurs.
From ACM Opinion
A Common-Sense Test for AI Could Lead to Smarter Machines
Injecting common sense into AI could mean big things for humans.
From ACM Opinion
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Demos
One way to examine the relationship between AI and democracy is to turn the attention toward the very basic unit common to all forms of democracy: the people.
From ACM Opinion
Open-Endedness and Evolution through Large Models
A conversation with Joel Lehman, machine-learning scientist formerly of OpenAI and Uber AI Labs.
From Communications of the ACM
What's Your Placebo?
The dangers of participation bias in educational studies.
From Communications of the ACM
Storytelling and Science
Incorporating storytelling into organizational culture.
From ACM Opinion
We've Got Misinformation All Wrong
We must accept that misinformation is not one problem, but a whole set of problems.
From ACM Opinion
Democratization of AI Could Prevent the Great Resignation
To guard against the effect of the Great Resignation, enterprises need to reassess their training programs.
From ACM Opinion
AI Needs Pragmatists and Blue-Sky Visionaries
For humanity's brightest future, the blue-sky, lofty thinkers in AI need the help of the muddy-boots pragmatists.
From ACM Opinion
Designing to Avoid Worst-Case Outcomes
Interaction designer Jonathan Shariat discusses harmful software design.
From ACM Opinion
The Pope's AI Adviser on Ensuring Algorithms Respect Human Dignity
Franciscan monk Paolo Benanti is the brains behind the Rome Call, a pact aimed at making sure AI is developed with ethics in mind.
From ACM Opinion
Linguistics and the Development of NLP
An interview with Christopher Manning, director of the Stanford University AI Lab and an associate director of Stanford's Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence...
From ACM Opinion
Calling Out the 'Toxic Culture' of Computer Science
Berkeley Professor Emeritus Edward Lee tells why he chastised the rejection culture at computer science conferences.
From ACM Opinion