Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Google in Jeopardy: What If IBM's Watson Dethroned the King of Search?
Remember Watson, IBM's Jeopardy! champion?
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How Tom Clancy Changed Video Games
The widespread mourning of Tom Clancy's death last week is clear testament to a man who managed to have a significant impact across a range of media.
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Rage Against the Algorithms
When was the last time you read an online review about a local business or service on a platform like Yelp?
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The Lessons of Aaron Swartz
On the day after Aaron Swartz's death in January, President Reif and I spoke about how MIT might respond to the breaking news of his suicide.
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How to Manage Your Digital Afterlife
After their son's suicide, one Wisconsin couple was desperate for answers.
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Texan Creationism Showdown May 'contaminate' Textbook
If creationists in Texas get their way, high-school students throughout the U.S. could soon be reading biology textbooks that falsely cast doubt on the scientific...
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Students Are 'hacking' Their School-Issued Ipads: Good For Them
Almost immediately after receiving their new school-issued iPads this fall, students in Indiana and in California (and probably elsewhere) managed to bypass the...
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Frax App Brings Fractal-Exploration Glory to iOS
In 1983, intrigued by an article on fractals, I wrote a program to display the Mandelbrot set on my family's TRS-80 Color Computer.
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Scientists Must Spearhead Ethical se of Big Data
The recent revelation that the National Security Agency collects the personal data of United States citizens, allies and enemies alike has broken the traditional...
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Your Digital Trail, And How It Can Be sed Against You
While the collection of private information by the National Security Agency is under scrutiny worldwide, a remarkable amount of your digital trail is also available...
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Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before
It is now 30 years since I launched the campaign for freedom in computing, that is, for software to be free or "libre" (we use that word to emphasize that we're...
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In Search of Planetary Intelligence
It is said that Mahatma Gandhi, when asked about Western civilization, remarked, "I think it would be a good idea."
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Forget Foreign Languages and Music. Teach Our Kids to Code
J. Paul Gibson began to teach programming classes for teens out of frustration.
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At 15, Google's Ambitions Remain nbridled
Google turned 15 on Friday, smack in the middle of its adolescence.
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Evaluating a Startup Venture
Considering the key elements of successful startups.
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When Faster Is Slower
How the speed of modern tools may decelerate development.
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The Naming of Hosts Is a Difficult Matter
Also, the perils of premature rebooting.
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