Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For
Considering copyright licensing issues involving non-fungible tokens to manage creative works.
From ACM Opinion
Data Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
Only when we learn from them can we make headway in stopping the cycle.
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When Should a Black Box Be Transparent?
When is a replacement not a replacement?
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An Interview with Dana Scott
ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award recipient Dana Scott reflects on his career.
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Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
NSF's vision for the U.S. cyberinfrastructure ecosystem for science and engineering in the 21st century.
From ACM Opinion
The Latin of Software Code Is Thriving
Next time you laugh at musty old tech, remember that new technologies are often built on it.
From Communications of the ACM
Algorithms with Predictions
Seeking a new approach that goes beyond worst-case analysis.
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Cookie Monster
Inscrutable cookie banners torment users while failing to inform consent.
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The Future of Information Work
Considering the recent effects of remote work on network structure.
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Apple's Challenge to Virtualization Software
Is it okay for security researchers to virtualize software to look for vulnerabilities?
From ACM Opinion
Why Robots Need to See
Cameras and vision-based perception will increasingly serve as the technological underpinning for mobile robots going forward.
From ACM Opinion
Democracy Deserves Better Algorithms
Big Tech could deploy any number of solutions to slow the spread of disinformation, with the most promising being to fix the algorithms.
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Our House Is On Fire: The Climate Emergency and Computing's Responsibility
Efficiencies delivered by computing technology could play a vital role in enabling continued functionality within a resource-constrained future.
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The Planning and Care of Data
Rearranging buckets for no good reason.
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Toward Total-System Trustworthiness
Considering how to achieve the long-term goal to systemically reduce risks.
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Involvement and Detachment
How detachment from your community blocks your success at leading innovations, and what to do about it.
From ACM Opinion
Lessons From Deploying Deep Learning to Production
Peter Gao, an early engineer at Cruise, reflects on his experience deploying deep-learning models into production.
From ACM Opinion
Can Large Language Models Be Democratized?
The very nature of large language models is undemocratic and in favor of the companies that publicize them.
From ACM Opinion
Don't Be Dazzled by Claims of Artificial Intelligence
Media coverage must hold tech companies to account over claims about AI.
From ACM Opinion