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ACM Article Featuring CCC Council Member David Danks on AAAS Session

May 9th, 2023 / in AAAS, AI, Announcements / by Maddy Hunter

Computing Community Consortium (CCC) council member David Danks was recently featured on ACM News for his involvement in a CCC-sponsored scientific session at AAAS 2023 “Maintaining a Rich Breadth for Artificial Intelligence.”

The session featured discussions highlighting the importance of incorporating a broad range of multi-discipline research and expertise. Panelists recognized that neural networks and deep learning have driven progress in AI over the year resulting in an imbalance and dominance of these disciplines in AI research. These silos can stunt the development of AI and lead to missed opportunities for growth in the field.

Accompanied by panelists Melanie Mitchell and Bo Li, David Danks discussion topic: “Let a Thousand AIs Bloom” explored the benefits and drawbacks of relative homogeneity vs. heterogeneity in terms of the theories and methods used in a scientific community.

The ACM article dives deeper into these discussion topics through an interview with Dr. Danks, asking questions relating to his viewpoint on ChatGPT and the importance of applying concepts of philosophy to AI. You can read more about the session overall in a CCC blog recap here.

Additionally, you can read the ACM interview here and explore other sponsored AAAS sessions on the CCC website.

Disclaimer: Posts on this blog report on happenings, opportunities, and issues that arise in the broad computing research community, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the CCC or the National Science Foundation.


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ACM Article Featuring CCC Council Member David Danks on AAAS Session

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