Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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This Year's 8 Smartest i Design Ideas
When your family gathered for the holidays this year, did you take note of the technology everyone was using?
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What It Means to Receive the Turing Award
The Turing Award gives us a unique opportunity to become ambassadors of our wonderful field. It increases our outside visibility and enables us to build bridges...
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Does the Internet Make Us Stupid?
Yes, but this may not be as bad as it sounds…
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Wearables: Has the Age of Smartwatches Finally Arrived?
Time will tell if smartwatches will find their niche.
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The Tears of Donald Knuth
Has the history of computing taken a tragic turn?
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A Right to Be Forgotten?
Searching for an answer to the question of how much responsibility search engine operators should bear for privacy-related issues connected to search engine results...
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How Traditional Firms Must Compete in the Sharing Economy
Considering the evolving relationship between established companies and their sharing-economy counterparts.
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Sony Made It Easy, but Any of S Could Get Hacked
Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Peace hacked into Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems and began revealing many...
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The Sony Hackers Are Terrorists
The Sony Pictures hack is important, and the Sony Pictures hack is terrifying.
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How to Conquer the Galaxy on a Computer
Space is big. Really big. And not just in terms of the mind-boggingly vast distances between the stars and planets out there in the Universe at large.
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From Pc to Navy, Ars Pits Casual Flight Sim Skills Against a Real Cockpit Trainer
A little over a year ago, I was lucky enough to take a short ride in a Folland Gnat trainer—a nimble little two-seat jet maintained by Rick Sharpe of Houston's ...
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What Are Moocs Good For?
A few years ago, the most enthusiastic advocates of MOOCs believed that these "massive open online courses" stood poised to overturn the century-old model of higher...
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Baer's Odyssey: Meet the Serial Inventor Who Built the World's First Game Console
Even if you're a devoted fan of video games, there's a decent chance you're not familiar with the name Ralph H. Baer.
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The World Cracks Down on the Internet
In September of last year, Chinese authorities announced an unorthodox standard to help them decide whether to punish people for posting online comments that are...
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The Internet That Facebook Built
The on-ramp might appear free but exiting takes a toll.
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The Whole Professional
A new book inspires a reflection on what it means to be a whole, competent, and effective professional — and may portend a wave of disruption in education.
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Innovation and Inclusion
What technology companies, especially startups, need to know about building great places to work — for her and him — in the digital age.
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Making the Case For a 'Manufacturing Execution System' For Software Development
Seeking to improve information integration throughout the manufacturing process.
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