Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print. Yes, You Read That Right.
Frank Schembari loves books—printed books.
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Outing A.I.: Beyond the Turing Test
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is having a moment, albeit one marked by crucial ambiguities.
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The Real Software Crisis: Repeatability as a Core Value
Sharing experiences running artifact evaluation committees for five major conferences.
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Humans in Computing: Growing Responsibilities For Researchers
Considering the role of institutional review boards in computing research.
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A Technician Shortage
In our elation about rising CS enrollments, we are overlooking a growing shortage of computing technicians. Our education system is not responding to this need.
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Reaching a Broader Population of Students Through 'Unplugged' Activities
Introducing children to fundamental computing concepts through Computer Science Unplugged.
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Copyrightability of Java APIs Revisited
A recent case challenges the long-standing view that application program interfaces are not protectable under copyright law.
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The Reality of Quantum Weirdness
In Akira Kurosawa's film "Rashomon," a samurai has been murdered, but it's not clear why or by whom.
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Secrets Become History: Edward Snowden in Citizenfour Wins Documentary Oscar
Citizenfour is filmmaker Laura Poitras' account of the first meetings between herself, Glenn Greenwald, and Edward Snowden.
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What 'the Imitation Game' Didn't Tell You About Turing's Greatest Triumph
Freeman Dyson, 91, the famed physicist, author and oracle of human destiny, is holding forth after tea-time one February afternoon in the common room of the Institute...
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The Robot That Knows When to Swipe Right
I have come to think of Tinder as a sort algorithm for the mind.
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Why We Should Design Some Things to Be Difficult to se
The first car I ever drove was a bashed Land Rover Defender.
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Work in an Age of Robots
What you are about to read was written by a human. Honest.
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Raspberry Pi 2 Review: A $35 Computer Can Do a Heck of a Lot
Our computers have become too easy to use.
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How Moore's Law Made Google Possible
Gordon Moore's famous calculation of the gains in power and economy that would drive chip production continues to have profound implications for every enterprise...
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Our Fear of Artificial Intelligence
Years ago I had coffee with a friend who ran a startup.
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Net Neutrality: How the Government Finally Got It Right
For years, the federal government supported the principle of net neutrality: the idea that broadband providers should treat all Internet traffic the same.
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The Biggest Hole in the Fcc's New Internet Rules
The people clamoring for tough, new regulations for Internet service—everyone from net neutrality activists and a few blue-chip companies to President Obama and ...
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