Communications of the ACM
Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech
Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.
From ACM Opinion
Fixing AI's Bias Issues Requires More Than a 'Human in the Loop'
Organizations must account for the biases of their own workers to be able to combat AI blunders.
From Communications of the ACM
Communications' Digital Initiative and Its First Digital Event
How AI and science are shaping each other.
From ACM Opinion
Deepfake Luke Skywalker Should Scare Us
The power to create convincing deepfake icons could destabilize society
From ACM Opinion
Encourage Women in Tech to Protect against AI Bias
Need to ensure tech accurately reflects the structure of society
From ACM Opinion
Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
What would it take for artificial intelligence to make real progress?
From ACM Opinion
Yoshua Bengio: 'I Have Rarely Been as Enthusiastic about a New Research Direction'
Yoshua Bengio gushes about GFlowNets, calling them "a new beast" for which the appropriate optimization algorithms are still making rapid progress
From ACM Opinion
Meta's Yann LeCun on His Vision for Human-level AI
Rather than try to replace natural intelligence, create AI that is compatible with human intelligence
From ACM Opinion
Europe Is in Danger of Using the Wrong Definition of AI
Some intelligent systems are at risk of being excluded from oversight in the EU's proposed legislation
From ACM Opinion
Intelligence and Comprehension
What does it mean to say a computer model 'understands'?
From ACM Opinion
Deep Learning Is a Bad Idea for Security
Deep learning must address some major issues before AI can scale more widely into security applications
From ACM Opinion
Human Autonomy in the Age of AI
Current AI policy recommendations differ on what the risks to human autonomy are
From ACM Opinion
Who Gets to Decide if an AI Is Alive?
We need a Turing Test for consciousness that works for modern AI
From Communications of the ACM
Is a Privacy Crisis Experienced, a Privacy Crisis Avoided?
Exploring immersive theatre as a way to educate audiences and study their perceptions of privacy and technology ethics.
From ACM Opinion
Humans and AI: Problem Finders and Problem Solvers
Technologies such as AlphaCode cannot think about and design their own problems, but they are very good problem solvers
From ACM Opinion
DeepMind AlphaCode Does Not Compare to Human Programmers
Human programmers are in control but they must learn to harness the power and limits of AI-generated code
From ACM Opinion
Giving an AI Control of Nuclear Weapons: What Could Go Wrong?
The challenge of autonomous nuclear weapons is a serious one that has received little attention
From ACM Opinion
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Datasets
Retired and redacted datasets flagged as harmful or biased continue to rear their ugly heads
From ACM Opinion
Considering 'Creatively Adequate' AI
The future of artificial intelligence needs less data and can tolerate ambiguity
From ACM Opinion
Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing?
Have the big thinkers of tech lost their mojo?
From ACM Opinion