Communications of the ACM
How Congress' Parade of Tech Hearings Totally Lost the Plot
Political theater has replaced anything resembling achievement
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Proposal: A Market for Truth to Address False Ads on Social Media
Guaranteeing truth in advertising.
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For Online Learning, Business Has Never Been Better
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
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For Online Learning, Business Has Never Been Better
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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Towards One Database to Rule Them All
Databases have become silos and this needs to change, says graph guru Marko Rodriguez.
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The Art of AI
Although popular narratives tend to focus on threats posed by artificial intelligence, many of the technology's dangers have been overhyped, its promises neglected...
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The Art of AI
Although popular narratives tend to focus on threats posed by artificial intelligence, many of the technology's dangers have been overhyped, its promises neglected...
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The Robot Artists Aren’t Coming
Artificial intelligence is making machines more creative — but machines don't make art.
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BCS calls for computer coding in scientific research to be more professional
A BCS position paper finds the software coding practices of non-computer-science scientists to be insufficiently professional.
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Technology Adoption
The S-shaped curve of technology adoption is a welcome recurrence in an otherwise chaotic adoption world.
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A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans
A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous. His decades of warnings are gaining more attention. ...
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Why Is Facebook So Afraid of Checking Facts?
The biggest social network in the world has the wrong idea for how to fight Covid-19 conspiracies.
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Why Zoom Is Terrible
There's a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled.
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Machine Learning Engineers Will Not Exist In 10 Years.
The landscape is evolving quickly.
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The First Modern Pandemic
Bill Gates considers the scientific advances needed to stop COVID-19.
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