Communications of the ACM
Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted?
It will be a long road to learning how to use generative AI wisely.
From ACM Opinion
Web3 Threatens to Segregate Our Online Lives
Governance tokens may seem like a way to moderate content, but they only give the appearance of democracy.
From ACM Opinion
Human Autonomy in the Age of AI
Current AI policy recommendations differ on what the risks to human autonomy are
From Communications of the ACM
The Troubling Future for Facial Recognition Software
Considering the myriad perspectives of facial recognition technology.
From Communications of the ACM
Bursting a Few Balloons Regarding the Famous DARPA Red Balloon Challenge
A balloon's-eyeperspective on a unique distributed, time-critical, geo-location problem.
From Communications of the ACM
Futures of Digital Governance
Seeking to increase the interoperability among the technical and social sciences toward new forms of governance associated with digital technology.
From Communications of the ACM
A Call to Action
Digital dreams have become nightmares: What we must do.
From Communications of the ACM
Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
From ACM Opinion
The Metaverse Will Require Computing Tech No One Knows How to Build
Experts believe building the metaverse will require nearly every kind of chip to be an order of magnitude more powerful than it is today
From ACM Opinion
Tracing the Evolution of the Computer, from Unusual to Ubiquitous
New book chronicles computer's journey from scientific instrument to general-purpose device
From ACM Opinion
Why a Safe Metaverse Is a Must
Virtual worlds need strong, enforceable rules to avoid the harassment and stalking common on social media platforms
From ACM Opinion
The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties
The search for a crypto use case continues
From ACM Opinion
Supercomputing to Save the Planet
Fujitsu CTO Vivek Mahajan says true power of cloud will come with democratizing HPC and quantum computers for the masses
From ACM Opinion
David Chalmers: Virtual Reality Is as Real as Real Reality
Philosopher explains how virtual worlds shed light on questions such as what is reality and are we living in a simulation
From ACM Opinion
The Strange Allure of the Blockchain
Are we too aggressively looking to replace the danger of unjust financial systems with wildly risky alternative currencies?
From Communications of the ACM
Is Your Autonomous Vehicle as Smart as You Expected?
Suggesting a better route to evaluate autonomous vehicles' smartness.
From Communications of the ACM
A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
From ACM Opinion
Facebook's Unglamorous Mistakes
Facebook's little mistakes have big consequences, too, but only for us
From ACM Opinion
Individual AI, a New Technology that Will Change Our World?
Is the next version of AI a technological symbiosis of the human brain and the computer system?
From ACM Opinion