Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Government Should Help Widen Cyber Knowledge
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security should be doing more to recruit top cyber security talent and develop a highly skilled workforce of cyber security workers...
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The Duct Tape Programmer
Jamie Zawinski is what I would call a duct-tape programmer. I say that with a great deal of respect. He is the kind of programmer who is hard at work building...
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Should Operating Systems Be Intuitive?
Should computers be intuitive, requiring little to no learning or thinking? Is it even possible for them to be so? “Nothing is intuitive,” said Slashdot blogger...
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Retrospective: An Axiomatic Basis For Computer Programming
C.A.R. Hoare revisits his past Communications article on the axiomatic approach to programming and uses it as a touchstone for the future.
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Dealing with the Venture Capital Crisis
The venture capital industry, like financial services in general, has fallen on hard times. Part of the problem is that large payoffs...
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Reflections on Conficker
Conficker's alarming growth rate in early 2009 along with the apparent mystery surrounding its ultimate purpose had raised concern among...
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Computing in the Depression Era
Since its beginning, the computer industry has been through several major recessions, each occurring approximately five years...
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Contagious Craziness, Spreading Sanity
Some examples of the upward or downward spiral of behaviors in the workplace.
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How Indian It Became a Respected Global Brand
The so-called "Internet Age" we live in imposes what is being called "Internet speed." This accelerated lifestyle is exemplified in an extreme form by the saying...
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The A-Z of Programming Languages: Groovy
Groovy project manager Guillaume Laforge says the Groovy programming language was designed to make life simpler for developers through its seamless integration...
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Is It Too Much To Expect Judges In Tech Related Cases To Understand Tech?
In another case where basic technology illiteracy leads a judge to make very questionable statements, a judge declared that because a specific phrase ("spoiled...
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Aligning Computer Science with Mathematics By Felleisen and Krishnamurthi
The July 2009 Communications of the ACM has an interesting article by Matthias Felleisen and Shriram Krishnamurthi "Why Computer Science Doesn't Matter" with the...
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The Case Against Literary (and Software) Patents
Imagine the outcry if the courts were to legalize patents on English prose. Suddenly, you could get a "literary patent" on novels employing a particular kind of...
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World War 3.0: 10 Critical Trends For Cybersecurity
"Cybersecurity is the soft underbelly of this country," outgoing U.S. National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell declared in a valedictory address to reporters...
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Actually, Obama Doesn't Want to Take Over The Internet
A number of people are up in arms about a new bill going through the U.S. Senate that allows President Obama to "take over private networks." Oh no! That would...
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Game Over For Sony
I've never really liked the company Sony. On the computer side, it's hardly been a friend of GNU/Linux. The one glimmer of hope for the company was the PS3. Sony's...
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The Grill: Aaron Walsh
Boston College professor Aaron E. Walsh has a vision of making state-of-the-art education freely available to anyone with a computer and Internet connectivity through...
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An Interview with Maurice Wilkes
Maurice Wilkes, the designer and builder of the EDSAC, passed away on Nov. 29 at age 97. He reflects on his career in this 2009 interview.
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