Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Remaining Trouble Spots with Computational Thinking
Addressing unresolved questions concerning computational thinking.
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The Influence and Promise of Alliances
Evaluating the influence of broadening participation efforts on students, faculty, organizations, and the computing education infrastructure.
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When Artificial Intelligence Botches Your Medical Diagnosis, Who's to Blame?
Artificial intelligence is not just creeping into our personal lives and workplaces — it's also beginning to appear in the doctor's office. AI raises profound questions...
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What Happens When Your Car Gets Hacked?
As devastating as the latest widespread ransomware attacks have been, it's a problem with a solution.
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Here's How Trump's FCC Affects You
President Trump rarely spoke about the Federal Communications Commission during his campaign or after entering the White House.
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The Real Threat to Our Government Is Tech Illiteracy
You only have to look to newsworthy FBI investigations to see how pervasive U.S. government leaders' digital illiteracy can be.
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How Privacy Became a Commodity For the Rich and Powerful
Recently I handed over the keys to my email account to a service that promised to turn my spam-bloated inbox into a sparkling model of efficiency in just a few...
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Online Voting Won't Save Democracy
Technology can do a lot more to make our elections more secure and reliable, and to ensure that participation in the democratic process is available to all.
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Russian Disinformation Technology
On July 17, 2014, as passengers checked in at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, "Necro Mancer"(@666_mancer) tweeted about an unusual...
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The 'fix' For Net Neutrality That Consumers Don't Need
Netflix and Amazon have been nominated for hundreds of Emmys and Golden Globe awards in recent years, and that is a testament to both the quality of those companies...
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Five Hacks For Digital Democracy
The election of a politically inexperienced president in the United States, Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the initial rejection of a peace deal...
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Defending Science: How the Art of Rhetoric Can help
Science seems to be under attack in America, so much so that scientists and their supporters are marching in the streets.
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With Neuralink, Elon Musk Promises Human-to-Human Telepathy. Don't Believe It.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, by way of blogger and cartoonist Tim Urban, has revealed in a 36,400-word illustrated explainer the thinking behind his new...
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Preparing Tomorrow's Faculty to Address Challenges in Teaching Computer Science
Using a "boot camp" workshop for new faculty orientation.
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Bill Gates Is Wrong: The Solution to AI Taking Jobs Is Training, Not Taxes
Let's take a breath: Robots and artificial intelligence systems are nowhere near displacing the human workforce.
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Track How Technology Is Transforming Work
Advances in technology pose huge challenges for jobs. Productivity levels have never been higher in the United States, for example, but income for the bottom 50...
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The Future of Net Neutrality in Trump's America
Now that President Trump has signed legislation repealing landmark federal privacy protections for Internet users, many in Washington are trying to decipher what...
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There's Nowhere to Hide on the Internet
Sometime before dawn on March 29th, not too many hours after Congress approved legislation that allows Internet-service providers to sell your browsing historyInternet...
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In kraine, Russia Weaponizes Fake News to Fight a Real War
As the Russian shells and rockets rained down on them in the front-line town of Debaltseve in February 2015, Ukrainian troops began to receive curious, anonymous...
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