Teaching the FATE Community about Privacy
Jason Hong finds many similarities between FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics) and privacy.
Jason I. Hong
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Stop Judging AI Using Human Exams
Computer scientists should inform the public that human tests are not a valid way to judge the quality of an AI model, nor a good way to compare AI models to human experts. Computer scientists should stop using human tests to measure AI.
When we ask how deep learning works, are we asking which node represents the answer to "animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
The Dissemination Game: Incentives of In-Person vs Virtual Participation
Incentives are changing the effectiveness of computer science conferences, but perhaps better conference design can improve them.
A test should show whether Bard is more powerful than ChattGPT or AI-powered Microsoft Bing.
An Organizational Perspective on the Process of Adopting Executable Exams
We analyze the organizational change that took place at the Technion when the assessment method in the CS1 course changed from paper-based exams to executable exams.
Lessons from PL/I: A Most Ambitious Programming Language
PL/I stands for Programming Language 1, and its aim was to be the Highlander of programming languages.
VOT Challenge: Computer Vision Competition
VOT Challenge is one of the outstanding competitions in computer vision. At the end of this important event this year, I would like to share my opinions about this competition.
ChatGPT Invents a Lot of Nonsense
I asked ChatGPT who wrote the book "Meilensteine der Rechentechnik." The program returns many different answers, all wrong.
Exponential organizations offer an appropriate organized structure for the current Israeli protest, and maybe for other cases of civil resistance.
Two Models of AI Oversight — and How Things Could Go Deeply Wrong
It's good that governments are stepping up, but some of the signals are deeply worrisome.
The Hadoop Ecosystem’s Continued Impact
Hadoop owed much to the Google GFS, MapReduce, and BigTable papers, but it was also a response to a broader technology community need.
ChatGPT is Not a Technological Singularity
It will take many years before generative artificial intelligence has a measurable effect on the economy as a whole.
What Does AI-Powered Microsoft Bing Say?
The answers from the AI-powered Microsoft Bing are often useless.
Teaching Data Science Research Methods to Human Resources Practitioners – Part 4
We believe programming experience is crucial for human resources practitioners in the data and tech era.
Navigating the 2023 Cybersecurity Landscape
The importance of information security technologies cannot be overstated, given how deeply integrated gadgets have become in our lives.
Education is Always Changing: We Need to Define CS to Keep the Good Stuff
Hype and fashion cycles drive education change. Let's protect the good stuff.
Pedagogical Paths Through Ethics
Concepts of ethics can be integrated into lessons that reflect contemporary concerns and involve student knowledge of modern technology.
How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based on anything we know about science, logic, and nothing we even know about ourselves.
Beyond Passwords: The Path to Stronger Authentication Mechanisms
The inherent risks associated with passwords stem from their very nature.
A Turning Point for U.S. AI Policy: Senate Explores Solutions
Preparing for the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence.
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