The Carbon Footprint of Artificial Intelligence
Looking for ways to cut the release of greenhouse gases attributable to AI use, at a time that usage is very likely to grow.
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Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots
Parsing the promise of language-capable robots.
Technical Perspective: Pandemics, Remote Work, and Accessibility
"Mixed Abilities and Varied Experiences: A Group Autoethnography of a Virtual Summer Internship," by Kelly Mack et al., provides guidance on how to make remote work and meetings work better for everyone.
Technical Perspective: Can We Uncover Private Backbone Infrastructures?
In "A Manifold View of Connectivity in the Private Backbone Networks of Hyperscalers," Salamatian et al. assemble techniques from the two broad strategies developed by the networking community and complement them with new ones using concepts from Riemannian geometry.
A Manifold View of Connectivity in the Private Backbone Networks of Hyperscalers
We present a new empirical approach for elucidating connectivity in privately owned and operated backbone networks.
Improving Computing Education Research through Valuing Design
Exploring alternatives to existing research systems and methods.
AI and Society: Ethics, Trust, and Cooperation
Trust and trustworthiness are central to how ethics helps society survive and thrive.
For a More Transparent Governance of Open Source
Seeking the best governance models for FOSS projects.
SI and Binary Prefixes: Clearing the Confusion
Considering the emergence of non-standard acceptance of SI prefixes.
A Computational Inflection for Scientific Discovery
Enabling researchers to leverage systems to overcome the limits of human cognitive capacity.
A Tale of Two Markets: Investigating the Ransomware Payments Economy
A data-driven, follow-the-money approach to characterize the ransomware ecosystem uncovers two parallel ransomware criminal markets: commodity ransomware and Ransomware as a Service (RaaS).
GenAI: Giga$$$, TeraWatt-Hours, and GigaTons of CO2
It has become clear that AI's carbon emissions, lifecycle carbon, and other negative environmental impacts are growing explosively.
"Write a 700-word obituary for Vint Cerf." I tried this "prompting" text on a publicly available chatbot. The output? There was a considerable degree of invented but false statements about my life and work.
Stop Judging AI Using Human Exams
Computer scientists should inform the public that human tests are not a valid way to judge the quality of an AI model, nor a good way to compare AI models to human experts. Computer scientists should stop using human tests to measure AI.
When we ask how deep learning works, are we asking which node represents the answer to "animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
Concerns Grow about MFA Bypass Attacks
Cybercriminals increasingly are using specially crafted attacks to bypass Multi-Factor authentication.
The Dissemination Game: Incentives of In-Person vs Virtual Participation
Incentives are changing the effectiveness of computer science conferences, but perhaps better conference design can improve them.
A Nested Inventory for Software Security, Supply Chain Risk Management
The growing importance of the Software Bill of Materials
Focusing on the use of artificial photosynthesis through solar leaf technologies.
A test should show whether Bard is more powerful than ChattGPT or AI-powered Microsoft Bing.
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