Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Future, as Told By 'call of Duty: Black Ops 3'
If you've played just one first-person shooter game it was probably in the Call of Duty series.
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Ad Tech Is Killing the Online Experience
There's something so wonderfully easy about reading this column in a physical newspaper.
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Cli-Fi—That's Climate Fiction—Is the New Sci-Fi
Extreme weather events, changes in precipitation levels, species migration and extinction—climate change promises so many fun things. But why wait?
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Is Star Trek Tech Possible?
My friend Veronica Belmont is pretty cool. Nerd, writer, TV host… and now she’s doing an online video series with Engadget called "Dear Veronica," where she answers...
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Technology and The Evolution of Storytelling
It is such an exciting time to be a filmmaker.
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The Future of Computer Science and Engineering Is in Your Hands
How government service can profoundly influence computer science research and education.
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African Americans in the U.S. Computing Sciences Workforce
An exploration of the education-to-work pipeline.
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An Updated Software Almanac
Research into what makes software projects succeed.
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Preserving the Digital Record of Computing History
Reflecting on the complexities associated with maintaining rapidly changing information technology.
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Respecting People and Respecting Privacy
Minimizing data collection to protect user privacy and increase security.
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Anti-Circumvention Rules Limit Reverse Engineering
Considering some of the requested exceptions to technical protection mechanisms.
From ACM Opinion
Humans Are Tech's Next Big Thing—and That Could Be Risky
Internet companies make billions of dollars by capturing one of the world's most precious commodities: your attention.
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The Latest Oculus Headset Made Me Want to Throw p. In a Good Way.
Virtual reality and its viability as a consumer technology is a huge theme at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, a Los Angeles convention for the video...
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What's It Like at a Top-Tier Conservatory? There's an App For That
The world of education has become a rapidly expanding universe.
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Want Your Writing to Look Like Einstein's? Computers Mimic Handwriting of the Famous
Harald Geisler wants to make you as brilliant as Albert Einstein. Or at least let you write like him. Or at least write in his handwriting.
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Lust and the Turing Test
By and large, we watch movies to be entertained, not to be provoked into deep thought. Occasionally, a film does both.
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An Interview with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith
Recently appointed U.S. CTO Megan Smith discusses her evolving governmental role.
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Created Computed Universe
Computing crosses cosmology and makes the case for agnosticism.
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Forgetting Made (Too) Easy
Considering the implications of digital data removal implementations.
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