Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Bletchley Park's Rebirth and Why It Matters
Twenty five years ago, the historic World War II codebreaking center Bletchley Park faced demolition.
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The Future of Robot Caregivers
Each time I make a house call, I stay much longer than I should.
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Being a Better Online Reader
Soon after Maryanne Wolf published "Proust and the Squid," a history of the science and the development of the reading brain from antiquity to the twenty-first...
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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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How to Terraform the Moon
Space fans were startled—and perhaps a little skeptical—in May when the Russians announced that they intend to build a manned moon base.
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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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How My Dad's Equation Sparked the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
A few days before Halloween in 1961, a young astronomer was mulling over a fairly serious problem.
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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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The Business of the State
Considering the opportunities and challenges for commercial firms involved with government business process outsourcing.
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These Psychedelic Images Find Order Amid Chaos
What do you see when you look at these images?
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Quantum Chaos: After a Failed Speed Test, the D-Wave Debate Continues
How hard can it be to determine whether a computer works as promised?
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What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality
Even Sunday night HBO watchers are worried the Federal Communications Commission will soon put an end to net neutrality.
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The Turing Test Is Not What You Think It Is
Whether or not you caught wind of the excited announcement that "Eugene Goostman," a computer program ("chatbot") devised by Vladimir Veselov, Eugene Demchenko,...
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The Eccentric Genius Whose Time May Have Finally Come (again)
I've been preoccupied lately with thoughts of marauding broomsticks, genies in bottles, and monkey's paws.
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Time Travel: Installing an Atomic Clock at 15,000 Feet
A few months ago I went to Cambridge, Mass. to check in with the Event Horizon Telescope crew and found Shep Doeleman, the project leader, fresh off the completion...
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