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
A pervasive belief in software engineering is that some programmers are much better than others, and that their skills, abilities, and talents exert an outsized...Carnegie Mellon University From ACM Opinion | February 4, 2020
In "Towards a Human-like Open-Domain Chatbot", we present Meena, a 2.6-billion-parameter end-to-end trained neural conversational model.
Google AI Blog From ACM Opinion | February 3, 2020
Virtual reality has been touted as an "empathy machine" that lets users see what it's like to have a disability—but people with disabilities often can't use it....Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 30, 2020
The possibility of an artificial intelligence arms race poses a threat to international security similar to that of a conventional or nuclear armament race.
Daily Sabah From ACM Opinion | January 27, 2020
The narrowing of choice online all but forces us into decisions driven by impulse and necessity, eroding our values and conscience over time.
CNET From ACM Opinion | January 23, 2020
Students should interact with one another to practice skills and construct their own understanding, with assistance from a teacher acting as a coach and guide —...Clif Kussmaul From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
Using software to control potentially unsafe systems requires the use of new software and system engineering approaches.
Nancy Leveson From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
Estimating when the second half of the world will come online.
Carlos Iglesias, Dhanaraj Thakur, Michael L. Best From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2020
One of the Internet's most trusted assets — the dot-org domain used by nonprofits from UNICEF to your local food bank — is being hijacked.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2020
Ever-faster processors led to bloated software, but physical limits may force a return to the concise code of the past.
The Guardian From ACM Opinion | January 15, 2020
Facebook's newly announced ban on deepfake videos presents a number of challenges in the fight against the spread of misinformation, says Tim Weninger, associate...University of Notre Dame From ACM Opinion | January 9, 2020
Incorporating considerations of reasonable pluralism, individual agency, and legitimate authority.
Johannes Himmelreich From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2020