Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Data Platforms and Network Effects
How data-network effects create opportunities and inflate expectations.
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How AI Could Accidentally Extinguish Humankind
Humanity is not prepared for artificial superintelligence right now.
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On the Model of Computation: Counterpoint: Parallel Programming Wall and Multicore Software Spiral: Denial Hence Crisis
Parallel programming wall and multicore software spiral: Denial hence crisis.
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On the Model of Computation: Point: We Must Extend Our Model of Computation to Account for Cost and Location
We must extend our model of computation to account for cost and location.
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These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For
Considering copyright licensing issues involving non-fungible tokens to manage creative works.
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Data Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
Only when we learn from them can we make headway in stopping the cycle.
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When Should a Black Box Be Transparent?
When is a replacement not a replacement?
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An Interview with Dana Scott
ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award recipient Dana Scott reflects on his career.
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Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
NSF's vision for the U.S. cyberinfrastructure ecosystem for science and engineering in the 21st century.
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The Latin of Software Code Is Thriving
Next time you laugh at musty old tech, remember that new technologies are often built on it.
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Algorithms with Predictions
Seeking a new approach that goes beyond worst-case analysis.
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Cookie Monster
Inscrutable cookie banners torment users while failing to inform consent.
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The Future of Information Work
Considering the recent effects of remote work on network structure.
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Apple's Challenge to Virtualization Software
Is it okay for security researchers to virtualize software to look for vulnerabilities?
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Why Robots Need to See
Cameras and vision-based perception will increasingly serve as the technological underpinning for mobile robots going forward.
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Democracy Deserves Better Algorithms
Big Tech could deploy any number of solutions to slow the spread of disinformation, with the most promising being to fix the algorithms.
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Our House Is On Fire: The Climate Emergency and Computing's Responsibility
Efficiencies delivered by computing technology could play a vital role in enabling continued functionality within a resource-constrained future.
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The Planning and Care of Data
Rearranging buckets for no good reason.
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