Very clever proofs show that efficient and parallel computation can be used to achieve the same results as slower serial methods.
April 2025 - Vol. 68 No. 4
Features
Researchers have invested immeasurable time and effort into programs that run and never halt.
Guide Dogs are Expensive and Scarce. Could Robots Do Their Job?
Governmental research agencies in the U.S., the U.K., and in China are all funding research into assistive robots to help the sight-impaired.
There are no effective standardized evaluation methods to measure how well a particular AI model performs a particular task.
Does AI Prediction Scale to Decision Making?
AI has no mechanism for making predictions or generating unique outputs well beyond its training data.
Co-pilots sit behind you and your code whispering semantic nothings in your ear.
The incorporation of generative AI has fundamentally changed the nature of data annotation tasks in crowd work.
Autonomy 2.0: The Quest for Economies of Scale
An ever-evolving software stack and the digital twin paradigm will significantly accelerate progress in the autonomy industry.
Panmodal Information Interaction
Emerging modalities that complement search have created new possibilities for information interaction.
The State of Digital Accessibility
One way to advance accessibility is to ensure that people with disabilities are represented at all levels in the industry—from end-user testers, to developers, to corporate leaders.
The Importance of Distrust in Trusting Digital Worker Chatbots
While trust is essential to promote human interaction with AI-powered digital workers, distrust may also play a role.
Multisensory Experiences: Formation, Realization, and Responsibilities
Sensory manipulation, privacy, and other ethical considerations must be carefully addressed as technology-enabled multisensory experiences evolve.
Preprinting in AI Ethics: Toward a Set of Community Guidelines
Preprinting allows for the rapid dissemination of new ideas, but also of junk science and potentially of research without due ethics approval.
Technical Perspective: Ad Hoc Transactions: What They Are and Why We Should Care
The paper by Tang et al. addresses important questions about ad hoc transactions.
Many Faces of Ad Hoc Transactions
The flexibility of ad hoc transactions is a double-edged sword, providing potential performance benefits but also increasing the risk of correctness issues.
Technical Perspective: The Technologies that Disappear
Bringing new "life" to stuffed animal toys and beyond.
The design ensures unobtrusiveness and a natural look and feel while achieving high signal quality, high spatial-temporal fidelity, and low power operation.
