Category: Software Engineering

AI can also spread the search net for hypotheses wider and narrow the net more quickly. As a result, AI tools can help formulate stronger hypotheses, such as models that spit out more promising candidates for new drugs. We’re already seeing simulations running multiple orders of magnitude faster than just a few years ago, allowing […]

By Saurabh Bagchi April 18, 2023Comments Originally published on the Distant Whispers blog. From the coverage that ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, has been receiving since its launch in November 2022, you would be forgiven for thinking that is the only technology story around. And it deserves the spotlight. Few had expected the jaw-dropping rapid strides […]

BLOG@CACM How Is History Shaping My Ph.D. Research? Unexpectedly! By Yael Erez April 19, 2023Comments Introduction by Orit Hazzan: In line with my (Orit Hazzan’s) co-authored blog on The Triad of Graduate Studies, Yael Erez’s Ph.D. deals with an authentic topic that has the potential to have real impact beyond the knowledge created in the […]

BLOG@CACM Scientists, Governments, and Corporations Urgently Need to Work Together to Mitigate AI Risk By Gary Marcus May 1, 2023Comments Originally published on The Road to AI We Can Trust.   Regular readers of this Substack will know that Geoff Hinton and I disagree about a lot: I love symbols; he hates them. He thinks […]

In a virtual office, lawyer Madaline Zannes conducts private consultations with clients, meets people wandering in with legal questions, hosts conferences, and gives guest lectures. Zannes says it’s fun and more engaging to meet clients remotely, as opposed to a flat, 2D Zoom interaction. The metaverse allows for a more immersive, imaginative client experience, where […]

By Herbert Bruderer May 9, 2023 Comments Germany is celebrating the 400th birthday of Schickard’s “calculating clock” In 1623, 400 years ago, Wilhelm Schickard (Tübingen) built the first known mechanical calculating machine. In the 17th century, other such devices appeared in Europe. They were made by Pascal, Leibniz, Morland, and Schott. However, usable mechanical calculating […]

Schumer’s plan is a culmination of many other, smaller policy actions. On June 14, Senators Josh Hawley (a Republican from Missouri) and Richard Blumenthal (a Democrat from Connecticut) introduced a bill that would exclude generative AI from Section 230 (the law that shields online platforms from liability for the content their users create). Last Thursday, the House […]

BLOG@CACM Creating Organizational Sustainability by Connecting to National Core Values By Orit Hazzan and Zafit Lukach May 9, 2023Comments FIRST is an international organization that promotes STEM education worldwide, among children of all ages, from pre-school to high school, using robotics programs and competitions. In Israel, FIRST offers four programs for participants of different age […]

Soon, the menu in your favorite burger joint could include not only options made with meat, mushrooms, and black beans but also patties packed with lab-grown animal cells. Not only did the US just approve the sale of cultivated meat for the first time, but the industry is in the process of raising billions of […]

BLOG@CACM A Turning Point for U.S. AI Policy: Senate Explores Solutions By Marc Rotenberg May 17, 2023Comments In early March, my colleague Merve Hickok testified before the House Oversight Committee at the first hearing on AI policy in this Congress. The House Committee asked a simple question: “Are We Ready for the Tech Revolution?” Her […]