Critics say false positives are far higher for some groups of people than for others, but supporters of the technology says the actual numbers involved are tiny...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 25, 2020
The U.S. NHTSA's levels of automation are a liability for automated vehicles.
Marc Canellas, Rachel Haga From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2020
In "Towards a Human-like Open-Domain Chatbot", we present Meena, a 2.6-billion-parameter end-to-end trained neural conversational model.
Google AI Blog From ACM Opinion | February 3, 2020
Virtual reality has been touted as an "empathy machine" that lets users see what it's like to have a disability—but people with disabilities often can't use it....Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 30, 2020
The narrowing of choice online all but forces us into decisions driven by impulse and necessity, eroding our values and conscience over time.
CNET From ACM Opinion | January 23, 2020
The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2020
One of the Internet's most trusted assets — the dot-org domain used by nonprofits from UNICEF to your local food bank — is being hijacked.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2020
Celeste Kidd, a cognitive psychologist, challenged the audience to think critically about the future they want to build.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 17, 2019
Celeste Kidd, a cognitive psychologist, challenged the audience to think critically about the future they want to build.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 17, 2019
For the past few decades, agility in the technology sector has largely meant moving faster and faster down a predetermined path.
From ACM Opinion | December 16, 2019
We will soon have AI as cognitively sophisticated as mice or dogs, so it is time to start thinking about whether these AIs deserve the ethical protections we typically...aeon From ACM Opinion | November 25, 2019
Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She warns that the challenges facing computer science today can't be overcome with good design alone... From ACM Opinion | November 25, 2019