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AI Does Not Help Programmers
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AI Does Not Help Programmers

Getting past the"Wow" effect.

How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
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How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction

Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based on anything we know about science,...

What Can the FATE Community Learn from the Successes and Failures in Privacy?
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What Can the FATE Community Learn from the Successes and Failures in Privacy?

There are many similarities between FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics) and privacy, and I believe that there are a lot of lessons that the FATE...

The Imperativity of Algorithms
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The Imperativity of Algorithms

The important named algorithms that we call upon deserve a robust ontology.

Enabling AI Projects In An Enterprise
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Enabling AI Projects In An Enterprise

Identifying the development behaviors that have the highest chance of success for artificial intelligence efforts.

Using GitHub CoPilot is Like Having a Superpower
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Using GitHub CoPilot is Like Having a Superpower

With the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) and tools like GitHub CoPilot, I think we’re a step closer towards a world where software can be created by anyone...

Inorganic Growth In Tech: Getting Shredded with Acquisitions
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Inorganic Growth In Tech: Getting Shredded with Acquisitions

Acquisitions happen quite often in the tech industry and are far more complicated to pull off successfully than popping a pill.

What Do ChatGPT and AI-based Automatic Program Generation Mean for the Future of Software
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What Do ChatGPT and AI-based Automatic Program Generation Mean for the Future of Software

ChatGPT is game-changing, the kind of thing that you witness once in a generation.

On the Evolution of Languages: Natural, Mathematical, and Computational
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On the Evolution of Languages: Natural, Mathematical, and Computational

Comparing the evolution of natural languages, which are used by people all over the world, with two artificial languages: the language of mathematics and programing...

Statement Considered Harmful
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Statement Considered Harmful

Instructions are not statements.

Logical Beats Sequential
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Logical Beats Sequential

Often, "we do this and then we do that" is just a lazy way of stating "to do that, we must have achieved this."

Not Your Grandmother's Textbook Exercise
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Not Your Grandmother's Textbook Exercise

Sarcasm, where you least expected it.

DevSecOps: Resolving Disagreements Between Developers and Security Teams
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DevSecOps: Resolving Disagreements Between Developers and Security Teams

Conflicts and disputes can arise between these adjacent teams; it is impossible to avoid them in the process of launching new products. And they certainly require...

The Legacy of Barry Boehm
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The Legacy of Barry Boehm

One of the founders of software engineering as we know it.

The Continual Re-Creation Of The Key-Value Datastore
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The Continual Re-Creation Of The Key-Value Datastore

The evolution of single machine key-value stores.

Was Ada Lovelace Actually the First Programmer?
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Was Ada Lovelace Actually the First Programmer?

Historical arguments for and against.

Why Are There So Many Programming Languages?
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Why Are There So Many Programming Languages?

Most languages differ less in what they make possible, and more in terms of what they make easy. 

Where is the Cradle of the Computer?
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Where is the Cradle of the Computer?

The digital computer of today arose in the first half of the 1940s independently in three different countries: Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.
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