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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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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Testing in Python with pytest
Software engineer discusses the popularity and use of pytest for Python testing.
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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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What Is So Great about Quantum Computing?
A Q&A with NIST theorist Alexey Gorshkov.
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How to Write Software with Mathematical Perfection
Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other, and now he's working on how engineers talk to their machines.
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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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Toward Total-System Trustworthiness
Considering how to achieve the long-term goal to systemically reduce risks.
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Involvement and Detachment
How detachment from your community blocks your success at leading innovations, and what to do about it.
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Lessons From Deploying Deep Learning to Production
Peter Gao, an early engineer at Cruise, reflects on his experience deploying deep-learning models into production.
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Can Large Language Models Be Democratized?
The very nature of large language models is undemocratic and in favor of the companies that publicize them.
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Don't Be Dazzled by Claims of Artificial Intelligence
Media coverage must hold tech companies to account over claims about AI.
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Turning a Million-Qubit Quantum Computing Dream into Reality
Intel's director of quantum hardware talks about quantum computing's reliance on the next generation of chips.
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AI Companies Are Massively Faking the Loophole in the Turing Test
Claims that an AI has achieved human levels of understanding should be approached with skepticism until it can be shown that humans were not involved.
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