Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Web3 Is the Future, or a Scam, or Both
So what exactly is Web3, and why is everyone in Silicon Valley obsessed with it?
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Giving an AI Control of Nuclear Weapons: What Could Go Wrong?
The challenge of autonomous nuclear weapons is a serious one that has received little attention
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India's Tech Innovation Engines Must Raise Their Game
Some Indian Institutes of Technology are struggling to establish themselves and must quickly turn things around
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The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Datasets
Retired and redacted datasets flagged as harmful or biased continue to rear their ugly heads
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The Strange Allure of the Blockchain
Are we too aggressively looking to replace the danger of unjust financial systems with wildly risky alternative currencies?
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Considering 'Creatively Adequate' AI
The future of artificial intelligence needs less data and can tolerate ambiguity
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Bitcoin Is Failing Its Original Mandate
By plenty of standards, Bitcoin is a failure, but that doesn't mean it's worthless
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I've Seen the Metaverse–and I Don't Want It
The metaverse's seductive idea of a virtual utopia looks more like a late-capitalist technocratic nightmare
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Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing?
Have the big thinkers of tech lost their mojo?
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Open Source Intelligence
Averting strategic surprises requires uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight
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The Lives of Hidden Figures Matter in Computer Science Education
"I cannot work on what I cannot see . . ." —Katherine Goble, Hidden Figures
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Efforts to Rein In Big Tech May Be Running Out of Time
Congressional bills aimed at the tech industry need to be addressed before political attention turns to midterms
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Facebook's Unglamorous Mistakes
Facebook's little mistakes have big consequences, too, but only for us
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Why Better AI May Depend on Fake Data
Synthetic data can provide AI with a broader education than real-world data, but challenges exist
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The Real Action for Tech Regulation Is Far from Washington, D.C.
Congress doesn't seem ready to take on privacy or competition, but states are refusing to wait around
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