Generative AI Requires Broad Labor Policy Considerations
Whether and under what conditions does generative AI automate or augment workers?
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New Computer Evaluation Metrics for a Changing World
Computing systems should now be measured on how they leverage available power and on their carbon footprint.
The BPC Relevance of Common Assessment in the Introductory Sequence
Common assessment is a core institutional change that supports broader participation in computing.
The Rise of the AI Co-Pilot: Lessons for Design from Aviation and Beyond
Co-pilot is a useful metaphor for describing how AI technology is intended to act in relation to human users.
How to Think About Remedies in the Generative AI Copyright Cases
Lawsuits charging developers of generative AI technologies with copyright-related violations are likely to influence legislation about generative AI copyright issues.
Age Verification Systems Will Be a Personal Identifiable Information Nightmare
Online age verification requirements for websites are a disaster for privacy, and pose a cybersecurity risk.
Is Computing a Discipline in Crisis?
One of our professional societies should act as convenor and moderator for a community-wide conversation about the future of AI.
Lattice-Based Cryptosystems and Quantum Cryptanalysis
There have been decades of unsuccessful research into breaking lattice-based systems with classical computers; there has been much less research into quantum cryptanalysis.
"I learned early on that we should design AI to assist people, not replace them."
On the Difference between Security and Safety
Safe networking requires us to be skeptical of messages that try to stampede us into action without enough forethought.
LLMs’ Data-Control Path Insecurity
We need to think carefully about using LLMs in potentially adversarial situations . . . like on the Internet.
Do Know Harm: Considering the Ethics of Online Community Research
Strategies for engaging in more ethical research with online communities.
The Problem with the Trolley Problem and the Need for Systems Thinking
Routes toward more deliberation in technology development.
Now, Later, and Lasting: 10 Priorities for AI Research, Policy, and Practice
Shaping the future of artificial intelligence.
In this short sci-fi story, an egg-sized, flying droid makes an apartment dweller’s life miserable.
Human Intuition and Algorithmic Efficiency Must Be Balanced to Enhance Data Mesh Resilience
Data mesh management with a human touch.
More Is Different, in Social Media Too
The U.S. Supreme Court seems to misunderstand fundamentally the concept of algorithmic content curation.
Specifying the Power and Limitations of Randomness
Avi Wigderson, the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate, has made lasting contributions to the theory of computational complexity.
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