“The last tool you reach for is the one that can cut you most deeply.”

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In the latest edition of #AdvancesInComputing:

- The future shape of embodied intelligence👨‍💻
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- Interdisciplinarity in HCI🎹
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Aside from security, memory unsafety can be the cause of reliability issues and is notoriously expensive to debug. In the latest issue of "Queue: In Practice," four software engineers argue that the best place to start today is by improving our standard libraries.

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“As the old joke goes, in the future there will be a factory that needs only two employees: one human and one dog. The human's job will be to feed the dog. The dog's job will be to make sure nobody touches the equipment.”

In the latest "Queue: In Practice": Thomas A. Limoncelli and Christian Pearce on SREs.
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📬 In this issue of #AdvancesInComputing:

🎙️ Personal narratives from computing visionaries on the power and promise of federally funded research

🧵 and more from Interactions HCI

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📰 The latest #ACMNewsletter is here! This issue features a CACM article examining how machine learning can reinforce bias against marginalized communities, particularly queer individuals. Its author Sabine Weber asks: How did we get there and how can we fix this?

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Can We Build AI That Does Not Harm Queer People?

"Most of us do not set out to make software that is actively harmful. And yet there is a plethora of AI systems that are harmful to queer people.

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Notice and Choice Cannot Stand Alone

Happy December! In this edition of "Advances in Computing," computer scientist Lorrie Cranor discusses why the "notice and choice" approach has largely failed and how, with appropriate laws and technology standards, it could be a useful tool in our future privacy toolbox. Also featured in this editi

Looking for the perfect #summerreads to quench your thirst for knowledge on artificial intelligence? We have four captivating articles that will keep you engaged and informed all season long!

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Summer Reads on AI: Explainability, Intent-Based Networking, Co-Pilot, Copyright

The first half of 2024 has been an exciting time for the AI field. As generative AI tools continue to impress the world with their abilities to accomplish tasks, generate videos from text prompts, and offer personalized services, we have seen a drastic increase in the adoption of generative AI acros

"It’s hard to improve what you do not measure." In this freshly compiled #ACMNewsletter, we bring you a proposal from a Google engineering team on how to better measure #computing systems, along with some advice for #CS educators. If you haven't subscribed already, do it now!

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New Metrics for a Changing World

To grow AI and cloud computing efficiently and responsibly, we need new metrics. In this edition of "Advances in Computing," we are highlighting a latest opinion piece from our flagship magazine Communications of the ACM: "New Computer Evaluation Metrics for a Changing World.

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Now, Later, and Lasting

Welcome to the 5th edition of Advances in Computing, a biweekly newsletter series presenting exciting research, viewpoints, and more from leading computing experts around the globe, handpicked for you by ACM's flagship magazine, Communications of the ACM (CACM). In this edition, you will learn 10 pr