Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Rethinking Conference Formats
Suggesting a conference format better suited for both onsite and virtual conferences.
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On Being a Computer Science Communicator
Facilitating more effective public engagement with a computer science perspective.
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It Is Time to Let Go of 'Virtual Reality'
Advocating standardized terminology and reporting guidelines for mixed reality research.
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Barbershop Computing
Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.
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Can Crowdsourcing Rescue the Social Marketplace of Ideas?
How collaborative designs and community-based moderation could improve social media.
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Rebutting Rebuttals
Evaluating the impact of the conference review rebuttal process.
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We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It Is Shared
Toward better understanding of the different ways data circulates between users and platforms.
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Alexey Makarin on Why Social Media Harms Youth Mental Health
MIT Professor Alexey Makarin, whose research was cited in Social Media and Youth Mental Health, a recent advisory report by the U.S. surgeon general, discusses...
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Francis Enyi on Bridging the Healthcare Deficit in Africa
Francis Enyi, a senior program analyst with Delta State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeri, discusses how his team of software developers, medical personnel...
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Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots
Parsing the promise of language-capable robots.
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Improving Computing Education Research through Valuing Design
Exploring alternatives to existing research systems and methods.
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SI and Binary Prefixes: Clearing the Confusion
Considering the emergence of non-standard acceptance of SI prefixes.
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AI and Society: Ethics, Trust, and Cooperation
Trust and trustworthiness are central to how ethics helps society survive and thrive.
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Lost in Afghanistan: Can the World Take ICT4D Seriously?
Seeking to maximize the value of information and communication technologies for development research.
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There Is Little Evidence for Today's AI Alarmism
Over time, we will have a much better sense of which AI areas require significant regulatory intervention and which do not.
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Who Should Make the Rules that Govern AI?
One question for Laura Weidinger and Iason Gabriel, research scientists at Google DeepMind.
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Computer-Related Risks and Remediation Challenges
Surveying the nontechnical issues interwoven with computer-related technologies.
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Breaking Up a Digital Monopoly
How to decompose a vertically integrated digital monopoly to enable competitive services based on a shared data structure.
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