Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Moral Hazards and Legal Conundrums of Our Robot-Filled Future
The robots are coming, and they're getting smarter.
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Defending the Grand Vision of the Human Brain Project
"A grass roots effort is under way to stop the project... 'Mediocre science, terrible science policy,' begins the spirited letter…"
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The Trouble With Brain Science
Are we ever going to figure out how the brain works?
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How Not to Build a Brain
Building a brain sounds like a worthy goal, one that makes it seem as though the future is within reach.
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Stop Complaining About the Facebook Study. It's a Golden Age For Research
Several years ago, my student and I studied anonymous email server data from 40,000 students, faculty and staff at a large university.
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Billy Beane on the Future of Sports: A Tech-Driven Revolution
Baseball—my passion and profession for three decades—has been at the forefront of the analytics revolution sweeping through sports.
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Licensing Professional Software Engineers: Seize the Opportunity
Professional organizations should be in the forefront of the ongoing discussion about licensing professional software engineers.
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Structural Challenges and the Need to Adapt
Broadening the conversation about scholars and scholarship in computing and information research.
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That Classroom 'Magic'
Effective teaching practices for broadening participation in computer science.
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The Business of the State
Considering the opportunities and challenges for commercial firms involved with government business process outsourcing.
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Toward a Pedagogy of Ethical Practice
Teaching computing ethics in a manner that allows students to address both abstract ethical knowledge and actual ethical practice.
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Watching TV on Internet-Connected Devices
The ABC vs. Aereo case has potentially far-reaching consequences.
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Coder's High
These days I write more than I code, but one of the things I miss about programming is the coder's high: those times when, for hours on end, I would lock my vision...
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Is China a Scientific Powerhouse?
China has vastly expanded higher education over the past three decades—in 1982, less than 1 percent of China’s twenty-somethings had attended college; by 2010,...
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Turn Detroit Into Drone Valley
The popular recipe for creating the "next" Silicon Valley goes something like this:
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How to se Tech Like a Teenager
Enough with complaining that young people these days are addicted to their phones. The question you should be asking is: What do they know that you don't?
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Do We Really Need to Learn to Code?
"Learn to Code!" This imperative to program seems to be everywhere these days. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg recently donated ten million dollars to Code.org,...
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Computer Programming Is a Dying Art
Writing code is a terrible way for humans to instruct computers.
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