Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Thorny Problems in Data (-Intensive) Science
Data scientists face challenges spanning academic and non-academic institutions.
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Vint Cerf: COVID-19 Highlights How We Need Better Internet Access Everywhere
Cerf shares his views on the future of the Internet, the importance of trust and empathy, and the impact of new technologies like IoT and AI on the future of communications...
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Immigration Bans Will Lead to Dumbing Down of the World
Immigrants who came to America for study or employment are more likely to file a patent, publish a scientific paper, start a company, and earn higher wages than...
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Why Tech Made Racial Injustice Worse, and How to Fix It
The better design of future systems will help overcome current injustices, says Professor Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University.
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Formal Methods as a Path to Better Cybersecurity
Any piece of software should be able to provide the desired features, and when errors do occur, the software should handle them gracefully.
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Call For a Wake Standard for Artificial Intelligence
Suggesting a Voice Name System (VNS) to talk to any object in the world.
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For Impactful Community Engagement: Check Your Role
Toward a more equitable distribution of the benefits of technological change.
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Proposal: A Market for Truth to Address False Ads on Social Media
Guaranteeing truth in advertising.
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The Cyberwar Needs More Women on the Front Lines
Educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow will help combat criminals who prey on women and children.
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H-1B Visas Allow U.S. Companies to Thrive
Some longstanding opponents of legal and illegal immigration are using the high unemployment rates stemming from the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to keep necessary...
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Kode Vicious Plays in Traffic
With increasing complexity comes increasing risk.
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Technology Adoption
The S-shaped curve of technology adoption is a welcome recurrence in an otherwise chaotic adoption world.
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Studying Programming in the Neuroage: Just a Crazy Idea?
Programming research has entered the Neuroage.
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A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans
A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous. His decades of warnings are gaining more attention. ...
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Don't Regulate Artificial Intelligence: Starve It
The potential dangers of artificial intelligence are great enough to required great care about how powerful we allow it to become.
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Machine Learning Engineers Will Not Exist In 10 Years.
The landscape is evolving quickly.
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A Vision of K-12 Computer Science Education for 2030
Exploring goals, perspectives, and challenges.
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STEM Education Needs a Course Correction
Technical training today should not be solely in the business of making better coders but of making better people who will be able to cultivate the future.
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A Taxonomy of Automated Assistants
Rating your intelligent (human or automated) assistant.
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