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Technical Marvels – Communications of the ACM

This series presents selected technical marvels from the fields of computing technology, mathematics, astronomy, surveying, time measurement, looms and automatons (automaton figures, chess-playing machines, musical automatons, automaton...

Manoel Horta Ribeiro – Communications of the ACM

LLMs may be particularly harmful in crowd work when the goal is to capture the diversity of human preferences, behaviors, or opinions. Shape the Future of Computing ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get...

Sebastian Nicolajsen – Communications of the ACM

Shedding light on the future of programming in the age of generative AI. Shape the Future of Computing ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved. Get Involved

Remember the Mainframe! – Communications of the ACM

The cloud be damned, momentum for mainframes continues. You read that correctly. As organizations look to run compute-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) applications, the mainframe is often where they turn. This is due in part to the fact that the mainframe can support huge numbers of...

In short: Discover why mainframes remain relevant in a cloud-centric world, offering unparalleled transactional throughput and security for sectors like finance, healthcare, and retail. IBM leads the market. (AI summary)

Datacenters Go to Space – Communications of the ACM

Datacenters power the modern world. Nearly every aspect of modern life—from accessing social media and commerce sites to processing financial transactions and operating transportation networks—hinges on the computing power they provide....

Analyzing Krazy Kode – Communications of the ACM

Sometimes, when I am reading other people’s code, I almost feel I can hear what they were thinking. But then, sometimes, it seems what they were thinking was completely alien, or possibly even insane. Considering that computer languages are more constrained than human ones, I am surprised at the...

In short: Explore the art of psychoanalyzing code with KV, uncovering insights into coders' minds and styles. Learn how to deal with diverse codebases and understand the impact of emotions on code. (AI summary)

How Not to Test GPT-3 – Communications of the ACM

The biggest news in the AI world recently, aside from Bing’s meltdown, Bard’s fizzle, and Tesla’s self-driving, is a Stanford business prof’s recent study on Theory of the Mind. Nearly 4,000 people liked Kevin Fischer’s Tweet saying the result didn’t receive enough attention: If GPT-3 really did...

Systems and Networking – Communications of the ACM

Laziness is only one of two desirable properties for a bookshelf algorithm. The second is the ability to proactively respond to an adversary’s strategy. Harnessing the wind to improve the sustainability of energy-intensive computing....

Finding the Fairness in AI – Communications of the ACM

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widely used to make decisions that affect our lives, making certain it is fair is a growing concern. Algorithms can incorporate bias from several sources, from the people involved in different stages of their development to modelling choices that...

In short: Uncover the challenges and solutions for ensuring fairness in AI systems, with examples of bias in job screening tools and brain scans analysis. Learn how re... (AI summary)

Accept the Consequences – Communications of the ACM

Theoretical Computer Science is a glass slipper that has never quite fit the foot of practical Computer Engineering. The essence of their marriage is that theoreticians devise a formal model which captures some essential features of...