Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Ethics Omission Increases Gases Emission
A look in the rearview mirror at Volkswagon software engineering.
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Will the Supreme Court Nix Reviews of Bad Patents?
Considering the longer-term implications of a soon-to-be-decided U.S. Supreme Court case.
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How to Make Replication the Norm
Replication is essential for building confidence in research studies, yet it is still the exception rather than the rule.
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How to Monitor Fake News
The indictment of 13 Russians filed on Friday by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election,...
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19th-Century Paleontology Was at the Forefront of Big Data
In 1981, when I was 9 years old, my father took me to see Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Trump's Budget Wants the S to Stop Watching the Planet
Today, the Trump administration released a proposed budget that called for massive cuts to science research across the federal government.
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Welcome to the Post-Text Future
I'll make this short: The thing you're doing now, reading prose on a screen, is going out of fashion.
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The Inclusive and Accessible Workplace
Maximizing the performance of neurodiverse talent.
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Innovation from the Edges
How innovation originates from market participants with multiple perspectives about commercial value.
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I Am a Roboticist in a Cheese Factory
Most people think about robots as autonomous machines guided by artificial intelligence.
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Steam Not Stem: Why Scientists Need Arts training
From biotech to climate change, advances in technology raise significant moral questions. To engage responsibly, our next generation of scientists need training...
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Even Realistic Videogames Like Call of Duty Won't Help S Win Wars
Millennials can now storm the beaches of Normandy and fight Nazis with a new level of realism.
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How Law and Computer Science Can Work Together to Improve the Information Society
Seeking to remedy bad legislation with good science.
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Defining American Greatness: IBM from Watson to Trump
Reflections on a firm that encapsulated the American Century.
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Technology and the Failure of the University
Considering the double-edged sword of learning technologies in various academic settings.
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Ask Not What Your Postdoc Can Do For You . . .
Seeking more effective strategies for training and nurturing CS postdocs to ensure their success.
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Five Priorities For Weather and Climate Research
Meteorology is entering a new era. Demand is growing worldwide for forecasts of storms, floods and droughts.
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The Tax Overhaul Could Cripple the .s. as a Leader in Science
The graduate education system in the United States is rightly considered the best in the world. But Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed a bill...
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Why These Friendly Robots Can't Be Good Friends to Our Kids
Jibo the robot swivels around when it hears its name and tilts its touchscreen face upward, expectantly.
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