Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Innovators Assemble: Ada Lovelace, Walter Isaacson, and the Superheroines of Computing
Can computing history be both inspiring and accurate?
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The Tears of Donald Knuth
Has the history of computing taken a tragic turn?
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We Have Never Been Digital
Reflections on the intersection of computing and the humanities.
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Actually, Turing Did Not Invent the Computer
Separating the origins of computer science and technology.
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Software and Souls; Programs and Packages
How can historians tell stories about software without focusing solely on the code itself?
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Five Lessons from Really Good History
Lessons learned from four award-winning books on the history of information technology.
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Seven Lessons From Bad History
Journalists, historians, and the invention of email.
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