Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Domestic Computer Science Graduate Students Are There, We Just Need to Recruit Them
Proven practices to recruit domestic computer science graduate students.
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With Internet Shutdowns, India Is Violating a 'Duty to Memory'
The shutdowns, aimed at quelling unrest, undercut the nation's moral and ethical obligation to record history as it is.
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Kubernetes Magic Is in Enterprise Standardization, Not App Portability
Kubernetes isn't going to magically make your applications portable, but it just might give you something even better.
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Non-Relational's Quiet Revolution in Databases
It's no longer exciting to talk about the rise of non-relational databases, but it's happening all the same.
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Tesla AI Chief Says Self-Driving Cars Don't Need Lidar
Andrej Karpathy shares why the company still believes in a purely vision-based autonomous driving solution.
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The Danger of Anthropomorphic Language in Robotic AI Systems
Clear, non-anthropomorphic language is central to dismantling misconceptions of AI as a black box.
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Reimplementing Software Interfaces Is Fair Use
A multifactored rationale for denying Oracle's claim against Google.
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Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source Software Projects
Acquiring developer-prized practical skills, knowledge, and experiences.
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The 2021 Software Developer Shortage Is Coming
Companies must address the difficulty of hiring and retaining high-skilled employees from an increasingly smaller labor supply.
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A Vision to Compute like Nature: Thermodynamically
Advocating a new, physically grounded, computational paradigm centered on thermodynamics and an emerging understanding of using thermodynamics to solve problems...
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Data Scientists' Important Role in Defeating COVID Vaccine Skepticism
Without a basic understanding of data measures and how they're computed, data-driven vaccine safety and effectiveness messages can become meaningless sound bites...
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Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics
In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
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CS Unplugged or Coding Classes?
Perhaps a more appropriate question is 'Why not both'?
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Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula
Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.
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The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act §230 amid an evolving online environment.
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CAPE: A Framework for Assessing Equity throughout the Computer Science Education Ecosystem
Examining both the leading indicators of equity in CS and the lagging indicators of student outcomes.
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Content Moderation Modulation
Deliberating on how to regulate—or not regulate—online speech in the era of evolving social media.
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Silicon Politics
Tracing the widening path between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
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