Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Could Robots Become Too Cute For Comfort?
Would you share your innermost secret with a robot?
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Okcupid's Xoxo For Big Surveillance
Christian Rudder is a good writer—so good, in fact, it's easy for readers of Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) to be smitten by his engaging...
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To Siri, With Love
Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri.
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How Big Data Algorithms See s—while They Eat S p
Four years ago I interviewed Sam Yagan, then CEO of OKCupid, about the mathematics underlying his free matchmaking site.
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Can Virtual Reality Make You a Better Person?
"This is already so real, I don’t know if I even want to do this anymore," I say out loud.
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A Turing Tale
Assessing the accuracy of popular descriptions of Alan Turing's influences and legacy.
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Disrupting and Transforming the -University
Higher education institutions must modify their business models in response to technology-driven influences.
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Risks and Myths of Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
Considering existing and new types of risks inherent in cloud services.
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The Bitcoin Ecosystem
Speculating on how the Bitcoin economy might evolve.
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Soft Infrastructure Challenges to Scientific Knowledge Discovery
Seeking to overcome nontechnical challenges to the scientific enterprise.
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Exploratory Engineering in Artificial Intelligence
Using theoretical models to plan for AI safety.
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Learning For the New Digital Age
Digital machines are automating knowledge work at an accelerating pace. How shall we learn and stay relevant?
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We Have Never Been Digital
Reflections on the intersection of computing and the humanities.
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Accountability in Future Internet Architectures
Can technical and legal aspects be happily intertwined?
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Why Is Our Sci-Fi So Glum About A.i.?
When I was 12, I invented a superhero named Boy Genius, a guy my age who awakens one morning with access to 100 percent of his brain power.
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The Few, The Proud: The Millennials Who Still se Flip Phones
Some people care a lot about the new iPhone, available in stores Friday. This is about people who don't.
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Is Apple Watch's Pressure-Sensitive Screen a Bigger Deal Than the Gadget Itself?
Forget about the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay and even the company's bold step into wearables.
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