Communications of the ACM
What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain?
To understand what quantum computers can do—and what they can’t—avoid falling for overly simple explanations.
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Reward Is Enough for Generalized AI
The generic objective of maximizing reward is enough to drive behavior that exhibits most abilities studied in natural and artificial intelligence.
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Machine Learning Security Needs New Perspectives and Incentives
Researchers and developers racing to make deep learning available to different applications need to actively seek out and address security challenges before they...
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A Number Theorist Who Connects Math to Other Creative Pursuits
Jordan Ellenberg calls on mathematics to explore everything from Internet fads to voting rights.
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Theorists and Experimentalists Must Join Forces
Collaborations between theorists and experimentalists are crucial for accelerating research.
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For Companies That Use ML, Labeled Data Is the Key Differentiator
Any company that is considering using machine learning cannot overlook one technical choice: supervised or unsupervised learning.
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Should Alexa Read Our Moods?
Companies should be barred from analyzing what people say and how they sound to recommend products or personalize advertising messages.
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Collusion Rings Threaten the Integrity of Computer Science Research
Experiences discovering attempts to subvert the peer-review process.
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Aversion to Versions
Code needs to run anywhere as long as the necessary dependencies can be resolved.
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The Risks of Election Believability (or Lack Thereof)
With 90% of the 2020 U.S. general election ballot contents verifiable by paper, why do only 65% of voters trust the results?
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Defining a Role for AI Ethics in National Security
Mariarosaria Taddeo, an associate professor and senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and Dstl Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, discusses...
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Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren't Complicated
The secret to making a qubit for future quantum computers might depend on knowing how to tie knots in unusual materials, argues quantum physicist Charlie Marcus...
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Understanding the Differences Between Biological and Computer Vision
Harvard Medical University Professor Gabriel Kreiman provides an account of how humans and animals process visual data and how far techno come toward replicating...
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Quantifying Uncertainty in Deep Learning
Aalto University Professor Arno Solin discusses how to improve deep learning uncertainty with doctoral student Lassi Meronen.
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Cooperative AI: Machines Must Learn to Find Common Ground
To help humanity solve fundamental problems of cooperation, scientists need to reconceive artificial intelligence as deeply social.
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Professor Advocates Taking AI Research Back to Its Roots
To build a general artificial intelligence, we may need to know more about our own minds, argues computer scientist Melanie Mitchell.
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AI Drives Crossword-Solving Program to Tournament Victory
Plagued by unifinished crossword puzzles? Matt Ginsberg, a pro crossword writer and AI scientist, wrote a program that solves crosswords.
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AI May Have a Lot to Learn From Children
Exploratory learning, the kind that is exhibited by children, might better inform AI development than the habitual learning processes employed by adults, according...
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Trustworthy Scientific Computing
Addressing the trust issues underlying the current limits on data sharing.
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