From ACM Opinion
Claims that an AI has achieved human levels of understanding should be approached with skepticism until it can be shown that
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Mind Matters| May 10, 2022
The unregulated practice of data brokerage is incredibly dangerous and harmful, and policymakers can ignore it no longer.
Wired From ACM Opinion | April 14, 2021
Dame Wendy Hall is regius professor of computer science at the U.K.'s University of Southampton, and former president of ACM.
Wired U.K. From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2020
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act serves as Facebook and Google's get-out-of-jail-free card for conspiracies and disinformation.
Wired From ACM Opinion | September 14, 2020
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik teamed up with AI researchers at Alphabet's DeepMind lab to test game variants that can jolt chess players into creative...Wired From ACM Opinion | September 11, 2020
Educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow will help combat criminals who prey on women and children.
Wired From ACM Opinion | June 12, 2020
Most U.S. schools are closed, with instruction shifting to the Internet. That's a problem for millions of people without reliable broadband, including 20 percent...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 9, 2020
Given how critical the cloud has become for a huge swath of the tech economy, maybe we should ask ourselves whether this infrastructure should be in the hands of...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 10, 2020
We are heading down the dystopian path. Trolling has become a mainstream form, if not the mainstream form of political discourse.
Wired From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2019
Since 2017, nearly every time the Facebook CEO has tried to sound thoughtful, he's sounded unprepared, shallow, and full of hubris. Time to zip it.
Wired From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2019
The road to routing all Domain Name System lookups through HTTPS is pocked with disagreements over just how much it will help.
Wired From ACM Opinion | October 9, 2019
Telling ourselves that devices and platforms "hijack" our brains promotes passivity instead of empowerment.
Wired From ACM Opinion | September 16, 2019
Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor and a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, says that as president he would issue a robot tax for corporations...Wired From ACM Opinion | September 6, 2019