Researchers are too focused on whether AI systems can ace tests of dubious value. They should be testing whether systems grasp how the world works.
MIT Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 5, 2020
Implementing artificial intelligence through the looking glass of digital anthropology.
Bennie Mols Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | July 28, 2020
The better design of future systems will help overcome current injustices, says Professor Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University.
CNET From ACM Opinion | June 26, 2020
Considering the role of humans in copyright protection of outputs produced by artificial intelligence.
Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2020
Educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow will help combat criminals who prey on women and children.
Wired From ACM Opinion | June 12, 2020
Limiting sensitive information leakage via smart-home sensor data.
Connor Bolton, Kevin Fu, Josiah Hester, Jun Han From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2020
A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous. His decades of warnings are gaining more attention. ...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2020
IonQ CEO Peter Chapman discusses a variety of quantum computing topics, including its future impact on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
VentureBeat From ACM Opinion | May 13, 2020
As the COVID-19 epidemic escalates, robots have the potential to be deployed for disinfection, delivering medications and food, measuring vital signs, and assisting...Science Robotics From ACM Opinion | March 26, 2020
Considering the merits of several models and approaches to Internet governance.
Kieron O'Hara, Wendy Hall From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2020
Twenty-three years after his loss to IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer, Garry Kasparov says people need to work with machines.
Wired From ACM Opinion | February 21, 2020
The United States needs to wrest the high-tech initiative from China and re-establish American dominance in telecommunications, computation, artificial intelligence...PJ Media From ACM Opinion | February 18, 2020
Ever wonder why we could write software to get to the Moon, but not to count votes? Here are five reasons.
InfoWorld From ACM Opinion | February 11, 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
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