Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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How the AI Boom Went Bust
Fallout from an exploding bubble of hype triggered the real AI Winter in the late 1980s.
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There Was No 'First AI Winter'
Despite challenges and failures, the artificial intelligence community grew steadily during the 1970s.
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Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science
How artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.
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Women's Lives in Code
Exploring Ellen Ullman's 'Close to the Machine' and AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire.'
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When Hackers Were Heroes
The complex legacy of Steven Levy's obsessive programmers.
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The Immortal Soul of an Old Machine
Taking apart a book to figure out how it works.
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