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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
Strategic theorists frequently lament that military planners are very effective at preparing for the last war, not the next one. Planners today must cope with...Strategic Studies Quarterly From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2011
For a company with the audacity to make "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible" its mission statement, it takes a lot to take...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 24, 2011
Since the beginning of the debate on network neutrality, and perhaps as an inheritance of that beginning, the controversy has been restricted...José Luis Gómez-Barroso, Claudio Feijóo From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
Programming is a creative endeavor, and therefore there is such a thing as coder's block. What does it take to clear the blockage?George V. Neville-Neil From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
Reflections on recruiting and training programmers during the early period of computing.Nathan Ensmenger From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
Successful global IT team managers combine general distributed team management skills enhanced with cultural sensitivity.
Fred Niederman, Felix B. Tan From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned internet service providers (ISPs) that plans for a "two-speed" Internet go against the principles...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | March 18, 2011
Years ago, when I was an ROTC instructor, the first unit of instruction for rising juniors dealt with communication skills. Near the beginning of the unit, I...Strategic Studies Quarterly From ACM Opinion | March 15, 2011
Sen. Al Franken claimed Monday that big corporations are "hoping to destroy" the Internet and issued a call to arms to several hundred tech-savvy South by Southwest...Politico From ACM Opinion | March 14, 2011
Keep the surveillance planes flying. Fry the radar. While the sun hangs in the sky, let Libya’s pilots know they’re on borrowed time if they take off.Wired From ACM Opinion | March 11, 2011
As recent events in Egypt and Tunisia so aptly demonstrate, technology is a double-edged sword: while pro-democracy protesters used sites like Facebook to organise...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 8, 2011
I answered my phone recently to hear a friend shrieking in my ear. "Check your inbox for the email I just sent you," he wailed. "And please, please tell me I...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | March 8, 2011
To humans, computer intelligence is a puzzle, as if the machines have split personalities. They can be so remarkably smart at times, yet so bafflingly dumb at...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 7, 2011
Whenever the military rolls out a new robot program, folks like to joke about SkyNet or the Rise of the Machines. But this time, the military really is starting...Wired From ACM News | March 4, 2011
I’m barreling along a rural Michigan highway at 75 miles per hour in a gray Ford Taurus X when I glance down to check a number on a screen.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 28, 2011
For a while now I have argued that the contemporary operating environment has two dimensions: "the first is the actual tactical field of battle in which bullets...Kings of War From ACM Opinion | February 25, 2011
Mathematics is no longer the only foundation for computing and information research and education in academia.Marc Snir From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2011