Communications of the ACM
AI Companies Are Massively Faking the Loophole in the Turing Test
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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Two Paths for Digital Disability Law
Understanding the legal drivers of efforts to make technology accessible.
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Can AI Improve Road Safety Now?
Well before self-driving cars become a reality, there are simpler approaches that can make roads much safer.
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Quantum Computing Has a Hype Problem
Quantum computing startups are all the rage, but it is unclear if they will be able to produce anything of use in the near future.
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The Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
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Futures of Digital Governance
Seeking to increase the interoperability among the technical and social sciences toward new forms of governance associated with digital technology.
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Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
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Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing?
Have the big thinkers of tech lost their mojo?
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Microsoft Quantum Computing Exec Sees Progress
Company's novel, risky approach to quantum computing might be ready to put setbacks behind it
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Is LiDAR on Its Way Out?
As automation proliferates, sensing is increasingly moving toward software and away from LiDAR
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The Future of Robot Nannies
A machine can't love our children, but our children might love them
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Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
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Addressing Algorithmic Discrimination
Considering the intersection of technical design and civil rights when building and using classification algorithms.
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The Dream of U.S.-Made Computer Chips
Before we invest in making more chips on U.S. soil, we should be asking what we're trying to achieve
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AWS Has a Sexy New Modernization Play: Mainframes
AWS announced a range of cool services at re:Invent 2021, but none more important than its Mainframe Modernization service
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Your Response to AWS Going Down Shouldn't Be Multicloud
It's convenient but wrong to assume multicloud will solve your application resilience woes
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The Chip That Could Transform Computing
Apple's new M1 processors are generating loads of power...and excitement
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Complexity Is Killing Software Developers
How to regain control, without losing out on the best these technologies have to offer
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The Metaverse Is Simply Big Tech, but Bigger
It's a rebrand of Silicon Valley's increasing power and reach, and it's made for companies, not people
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