Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Overlooked Upsides of Algorithms in the Workplace
Orly Lobel, a law professor at the University of San Diego, believes technology can make the world a better place — and she knows in 2022, that makes her a bit...
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Are We Cobblers without Shoes?: Making Computer Science Data FAIR
In search of more efficient data sharing.
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Global Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
ACM luminaries describe how their experiences with DEI issues vary between the different continents where they have lived.
From ACM Opinion
More Crypto Regulation Is Needed—Now
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must use the FTX collapse to get clear about the rules and regulations that govern the crypto ecosystem.
From ACM Opinion
Why Don't Robots Have Rights? A Lawyer's Response
Robots are hardware and software packages that lack a nature or any abilities outside of whatever their designers imagine.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights?
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
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Intelligent Futures in Task Assistance
Applying lessons learned developing and deploying task management software.
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What Must All Post-Secondary Students Learn about Computing?
Expanding students' understanding of computing's potential.
From ACM Opinion
Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet?
How a single Texas ruling could change the Web forever.
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What's Your Placebo?
The dangers of participation bias in educational studies.
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Storytelling and Science
Incorporating storytelling into organizational culture.
From ACM Opinion
We've Got Misinformation All Wrong
We must accept that misinformation is not one problem, but a whole set of problems.
From ACM Opinion
Blowing Up the Internet...to Protect Kids Online
Framed as a bill to protect kids online, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act would radically reshape the Internet—and harm both kids and adults.
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Let Us Not Put All Our Eggs in One Basket
Toward new research directions in computer science.
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The Atlas Milestone
Celebrating virtual memory, which has made such a difference in how we approach programming, memory management, and secure computing.
From ACM Opinion
Meta's Message Encryption Was Built to Fail
Chat between a teen and her mom about an alleged abortion helped police build their case.
From ACM Opinion