Clear, non-anthropomorphic language is central to dismantling misconceptions of AI as a black box.
Brookings TechStream From ACM Opinion | June 29, 2021
Public sector AI innovation needs a more sophisticated, data-driven, and mature approach to ensure effectiveness of governments and better citizen outcomes.
Forbes From ACM Opinion | June 28, 2021
It may not be too late to put the evil "slaughterbots" genie back in the bottle, if the world acts now.
Stuart Russell, Anthony Aguirre, Emilia Javorsky, and Max Tegmark From ACM Opinion | June 24, 2021
Efficiency measures are struggling to keep pace with, let alone make headway on, the accelerating demands of modern supercomputers.
HPCWire From ACM Opinion | June 24, 2021
Relational databases aren't dead, but database innovation is cropping up in all sorts of places now, including graph databases.
TechRepublic From ACM Opinion | June 23, 2021
New approaches are needed to systematically reduce the harmful bias of language models in deployment.
Nature Machine Intelligence From ACM Opinion | June 18, 2021
Artificial intelligence can help the electronics industry to speed up chip design. But the gains must be shared equitably.
Nature From ACM Opinion | June 17, 2021
AI and other digital technologies have been surprisingly slow to improve economic growth. But that could be about to change.MIT Technology Review From ACM Opinion | June 16, 2021
The notion that the simpler explanation is usually right has been useful for centuries. New science may change that.
Salon.com From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2021
A machine learning-based score designed to aid triage decisions is gaining in popularity, but lacking in transparency.Undark From ACM Opinion | June 11, 2021
To predict how society and political systems might actually respond to warming, upgrade integrated assessment models.
Nature From ACM Opinion | June 11, 2021
In the wake of COVID-19, a pandemic treaty could be a way to agree on data access before the next emergency strikes.
Nature From ACM Opinion | June 10, 2021
To understand what quantum computers can do—and what they can’t—avoid falling for overly simple explanations.
Quanta Magazine From ACM Opinion | June 10, 2021
One year after supercomputers worked together to fight COVID-19, it's time to broaden the partnership to prepare for other crises.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2021
The generic objective of maximizing reward is enough to drive behavior that exhibits most abilities studied in natural and artificial intelligence.
Journal of Artificial Intelligence From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2021
To fully address the issue of racial bias in AI models for clinical use, a top-down intervention is required.
Supriya Kapur From ACM Opinion | June 7, 2021