Communications of the ACM
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June 2023
From Communications of the ACM
Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted?
It will be a long road to learning how to use generative AI wisely.
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Computer-Related Risks and Remediation Challenges
Surveying the nontechnical issues interwoven with computer-related technologies.
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The Parchment Path?
Is there ever a time when learning is not of value—for its own sake?
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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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Breaking Up a Digital Monopoly
How to decompose a vertically integrated digital monopoly to enable competitive services based on a shared data structure.
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Trust Is Not Enough: Accuracy, Error, Randomness, and Accountability in an Algorithmic Society
Searching for improved algorithmic accountability.
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Decentraland: The Alleged Decentralization of Blockchain Applications
Breaking down the blockchain.