Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Computing Profession
Taking stock of progress toward a computing profession since this column started in 2001.
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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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Apple Can't Resist Playing By China's Rules
Apple is selling out. It's not about the latest version of the iPhone, but the huge cache of personal data that will be going directly to the largest, and one of...
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The Inclusive and Accessible Workplace
Maximizing the performance of neurodiverse talent.
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Reducing the Attack Surface
Sometimes you can give the monkey a less-dangerous club.
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License Expired: The Ars Technica 2018 Deathwatch
Wow, that 2017, though. Quite a year. Let's grab a Juicero and take a moment to reflect on the utter dumpster fires that we've witnessed over the past 12 months...
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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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Google, Amazon Find Not Everyone Is Ready For AI
Executives at ascendant tech titans like Amazon and Google tend to look down on their predecessor IBM.
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The Death of Big Software
We are past the tipping point in the transition away from 20th-century big software architectures.
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Community Colleges: A Resource For Increasing Equity and Inclusion in Computer Science Education
Challenging a simplistic pathway metaphor.
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The Forgotten Engineer
Engineering has been marginalized by the unhealthy belief that engineering is the application of science.
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The Tech Giants' Secret War Against Fake News Is Too Secret
Facebook, Google, and Twitter have a problem with harmful content.
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Borders in the Cloud
Amazon may well be one of the companies with the strongest data security in the world.
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Blockchain ≠ Bitcoin
Bitcoin ≠ blockchain. Blockchain ≠ bitcoin. This message bears repeating: You can be pro-blockchain and anti-bitcoin.
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Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?
Kai-Fu Lee, one of China's best-known technologists and investors, thinks artificial intelligence is about to supplant many millions of the country's office workers...
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