Communications of the ACM
Quantifying Computing Power and Innovation
Rapid increases in chip speed and power have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that progress…
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Words Matter
Some jargon can be offensive to newcomers and unintentionally shape our thoughts.
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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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'Sentience' Is the Wrong Discussion to Have on AI Right Now
A more important conversation would be one about human compatibility and trust.
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'I Don't Really Trust Papers Out of Top AI Labs Anymore'
The AI domain is grappling with the replication crisis that has gripped the scientific community for ages, mostly because researchers often don't share their source...
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My Nightmare Trip into the Metaverse
A reporter dons a VR headset, heads into the metaverse, and witnesses the most disturbing sights of her life.
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Toward Justice in Computer Science through Community, Criticality, and Citizenship
Proposing a justice-centered CS education.
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Two Paths for Digital Disability Law
Understanding the legal drivers of efforts to make technology accessible.
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Communications' Digital Initiative and Its First Digital Event
How AI and science are shaping each other.
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Futures of Digital Governance
Seeking to increase the interoperability among the technical and social sciences toward new forms of governance associated with digital technology.
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Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
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India's Tech Innovation Engines Must Raise Their Game
Some Indian Institutes of Technology are struggling to establish themselves and must quickly turn things around
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The Lives of Hidden Figures Matter in Computer Science Education
"I cannot work on what I cannot see . . ." —Katherine Goble, Hidden Figures
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Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
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Addressing Algorithmic Discrimination
Considering the intersection of technical design and civil rights when building and using classification algorithms.
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Why You Should Care about Meta's Push into the Metaverse
The futuristic tech Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions in could remake the Internet
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The Inherent Limitations of GPT-3
Why GPT-3 as is will not cost many people their jobs or soon lead to AGI
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Computational Thinking for Professionals
Professionals practice a form of computational thinking that is significantly more advanced than popular descriptions suggest.
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Computer Science Education Is a Global Challenge
Analysis in the Brookings report shows a correlation between a country's economic position and implementation of computer science in schools.
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How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World
Six recommendations to take CS education to scale at primary and secondary school levels12