Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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I Can't Let You Do That, Dave
Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.
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Increasing the Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Computing
Lessons learned from a decade of practice.
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Pickled Patches
On repositories of patches and tension between security professionals and in-house developers.
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Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics
Critical reflection on value choices.
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Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us
Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.
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How to Baffle Web Trackers By Obfuscating Your Movements Online
Online ad networks and search engines love it when you surf around.
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Stopping Whatsapp Won't Stop Terrorists
Is the ability to send encrypted messages making it hard to stop terrorists?
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Get Ready For Your Digital Model
Entrusting your money to a bank once seemed strange and risky.
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The Cyberthreat nder the Street
Within the last year there have been 16 so-called fiber cuts in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Informatics: Make Sense of Health Data
If you are wondering whether exposure to some chemical could increase your chances of getting colon cancer, you could easily find supportive evidence from animal...
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When Technologies Manipulate Our Emotions
Implications of the Facebook emotions study.
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Programming in K-12 Science Classrooms
Introducing students to visual programming as a pathway to text-based programming.
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Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety
Examining the effects of electronic health records on the safety of patients in medical facilities.
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Software Patents Are Falling Down
Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's new test for patentable subject matter.
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Scores of Scores: How Companies Are Reducing Consumers to Single Numbers
In his novel Super Sad True Love Story, Gary Shteyngart imagined ubiquitous poles installed on sidewalks that display people’s credit scores as they walked by.
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If You're Not Paranoid, You're Crazy
I knew we'd bought walnuts at the store that week, and I wanted to add some to my oatmeal.
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European Ruling Is Merely a Symbolic Victory For Privacy
A decision on Tuesday by the European Union’s highest court, striking down an agreement between the E.U. and the United States that allows companies like Facebook...
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