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This article applies Noble laureate physicist Philip W. Anderson’s “More is different” principle in the context of social media websites and content regulation of them. The author of this article argues the necessity of aggressive content curation of these sites and discusses previous and upcoming cases in the United States Supreme Court to bring ownership of this content regulation into the discussion.

The article focuses on the relationship between computing and economics. He examines the ratio known as the "Price of Anarchy," explores predictions relating to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on global gross domestic product (GDP), and discusses the economic pessimism about computing called the "Productivity Paradox."

The author looks at the negative social impacts of computers, especially social media and the Internet, and expresses the view that computer professionals must begin to take responsibility for these impacts, citing examples including the increase in hate speech on Twitter, the role of Facebook in heightening the sectarian violence against the Rohingya people in Myanmar, and the negative effect of social media on youth mental health in the U.S.

The author discusses the relationship between mathematics and computing. He discusses the "discovery" of deductive mathematics in Ancient Greece 2,500 years ago and the role of Pythagoras, the work of mathematician David Hilbert and his "Hilbert's Program" which led to modern computer science, and the emergence of NP-completeness theory.

The author discusses the regulation of technology. He explores the views of free-market absolutists who do not want government interference in the economy, examines the predatory nature of click-to-contract licenses, and argues that the lack of accountability in technology has led to problems with cybersecurity.

This article reports on Moshe Y. Vardi’s views on the Association of Computing Machinery’s Open Science policy and how conference-site selection should have limitations when current events are taken into consideration. Vardi cites the Russia-Ukraine ongoing conflict and the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States in his argument about conference sites.

This article details the plans for the ACM 4.0 Initiative, which will serve as the foundation of the current and future strategic plan of the Academy of Computing Machinery (ACM). The initiative strives to focus on the core mission of ACM to act responsibly and support public good in the work of computing professionals. Topics in the article include climate change and travel culture and how they relate to the mission of ACM and thus the ACM 4.0 Initiative.

The article focuses on the challenges of responsibility when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). The author discusses the generative text programming known as ChatGPT, the "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights" put forth by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) policy statement.

This article discusses the United States-China technology war, with the recent developments in the U.S. limiting semiconductor exports from China in order to invest in U.S. based semiconductor businesses. A downside to this strategy is the negative impact on the collaborative spirit of technology education in this field. An emphasis on human capital in this tech war is described with a look at how this situation affects student and scientist relations between these two countries.

In this article the author reflects on the progress or lack thereof in the field of cybersecurity in the past five years. He discusses the problems with both liability and accountability in the computing field, citing the computing marketplace as a trouble area. Accountability and liability of the vendors is waived through the use of click-through licenses when customers first begin using computing systems. The unfairness of this process leads the author to call for strict liability for vendors through implementation of laws and regulations.

The article focuses on the relationship between technology and democracy. The author discusses the political polarization in the U.S. as of 2022, examines the socioeconomic and political context of personal computers and the Internet becoming readily available, and the influence of neoliberalism in the 1980s.

The article scrutinizes the membership of the Association for Computing Machinery with a focus on demographic aspects such as modestly-increasing membership and aging members. The dissolution of the ACM Future of Computing Academy is described as an alleged failure to integrate younger computer scientists into the Association and the author's own experiences presenting on social responsibility of computer scientists are reviewed.

The author discusses high technology and the concepts of efficiency and resilience following the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces. He examines sanctions against Russia by Western nations and the resultant halt in efficient global technology, and the domination of the world's technology supply chain by Western companies. The author also briefly discusses the potential difficulties that the professional group the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) may face concerning technology blocks.

The author opines on the relationship between the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), computer ethics, and surveillance capitalism. The alleged conflict between the ACM Code of Professional Ethics and the business models of internet companies harvesting and selling user data is scrutinized with a focus on the dismissal of employees from the Google company who attempted to bring attention to alleged biases in language models.

The article questions the impact of artificial intelligence technology on education using the 1957 science fiction short story "Profession" by Isaac Asimov as a literary point of comparison. The proliferation of massive open online courses as a means of computer science education is described along with the Online Master of Science in Computer Science degree program at the College of Computing of Georgia Institute of Technology.

The author discusses his thoughts concerning the concept of over-choice in the availability of computing-research conferences. He examines the plethora of conferences and conventions available to computer science professionals, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and argues in favor of change in the computing-research publication system and community building.

The author discusses his thoughts about Internet privacy and references the Sand-Heap paradox and Zeno's paradox. He discusses civil rights, cybersecurity, and refers to a book by Harvard University scholar Shoshana Zuboff entitled "Surveillance Capitalism." The article examines the concept of human agency and the influence of advertising and the Internet.

The author discusses the concept of verification in computing and computer programs, particularly concerning the costs and benefits of autonomous systems paired with machine learning. He references the work of computer scientists Tony Hoare and Amir Pnueli.

The article discusses plans for the periodical "Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery" (CACM). By 2005 dissatisfaction with CACM had been felt within the computing community. In 2006 the author was appointed to oversee an overhaul of CACM. Through interacting with computing professionals he learned that there was still strong demand for a printed copy of the journal. Readers also wanted more research content, a livelier editorial page, and better graphic design. In addition to these changes, CACM will present more in-depth coverage of news, and will continue to publish refereed articles.

The article examines alleged elements of the principal-agent problem in controversy surrounding the proposed shift from a subscription-based publishing model to an open access model for the "Communications of the ACM " computer science periodical.

The article explores the history of anti-trust law in the U.S., noting the clash between large technology companies and "The People." Other topics discussed include the book "The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age," by Tim Wu, anti-trust actions aimed at companies including AT&T, IBM and Microsoft, and how in December 2020 Attorneys general in more than 30 U.S. states launched a lawsuit against the technology company Google.

The author argues that the publication system for scholarly computer research is in need of change. He discusses the virtualization of computing-research conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced his view, describes the selection process for papers that would be delivered at conferences, the predictability of conferences, and whether virtual conferences will become more of a permanent fixture. The article also states that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is establishing a task force.

The author discusses issues raised by the growth of social media. He mentions the question of freedom of speech on such platforms as Facebook, the need for computer algorithms to monitor the volume of content and how they can be subverted, and how technology companies have amassed a concentration of power.

The author discusses steps taken by the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump regarding the restriction of the immigration of technical workers into the U.S., and the potentially negative impact that may have upon reducing the number of international graduate students in U.S. universities. The article also mentions the potential loss of income to universities and the impact to computer science and engineering programs.

The author criticizes the relentless pursuit of efficiency pushed forward by American business, a pursuit he suggests prevented the public from getting ready for the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. He describes adding a "computational lens" to economics, noting how digital infrastructure, a key component of the economic system in developed countries, is one of the few components that did not buckle under the stress of COVID-19. He also explores the notion of "resilience via redundancy" and the growing phenomena of "WFH" ("working from home").

The author discusses the role of resilience and efficiency in computing. He mentions the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on efficiency, the need for resilience in light of the disruptions caused by the pandemic, and the question of incorporating resiliency in computer algorithms.

The article explores the history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), which was founded in 1947 and is the oldest educational and scientific society dedicated to the computing profession. Particular focus is given to the ACM's purpose and how as of 2020 it should include the notion of "computing for the public good." The 75th anniversary of the report: "Science, The Endless Frontier" is also noted.

The author argues that the organization the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and other professional computing organizations conduct and implement significant policy changes that enable the authors of accepted scholarly papers to the various organizational conferences to contribute to the conferences remotely in order to cut down on travel costs and carbon emissions.

The author discusses the issue of regulation of the big technology companies. He mentions the question of whether anti-trust law applies to these companies, the emphasis on shareholders and profit rather than stakeholders, and the concept of corporate personhood which gives corporations a larger influence in politics.

The author discusses the question of what is considered successful research. H mentions the 2018 Turing Award for computing to Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun for their work in deep neural networks, the several cycles of research into computer neural networks, and the issue of research being a long game

Information is provided on the First International Workshop on Digital Humanism held in Vienna, Austria in the 2019 summer on the theme of the relationship between science, technology and society. Topics, including German chemist Otto Hahn's development of chemical weapons used in World War I, the U.S. Manhattan Project in World War II and the role computer science plays in social change, are discussed.

The article focuses on quantum mechanics and quantum computing. It comments on Canadian computer company D-Way Systems which claims to sell computer that will utilize quantum effects in their operation. It talks about skepticism concerning the ability to develop scalable quantum computers and mentions a report by the U.S. National Academies stating it is unlikely quantum computers could compromise public-key cryptography.

The author explores the ethics of the computer industry, pointing to contemporary author's notions on public trust regarding privacy and cybersecurity, the morality of computer industry executives, and scandals such as that involving privacy, Facebook, and the data mining company Cambridge Analytica. It considers Internet advertising, consent and the right to privacy, and regulation of the Internet.

The article discusses the notion of self-reference in language in relation to Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act of 1996. Topics include the views of philosopher Karl Popper about a paradox of freedom, the social implications of social media websites, and the development of philosophy of mathematics by mathematician David Hilbert.

The author discusses disruptive innovation, a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors. Topics include Silicon Valley's decision to embrace disruptive innovation as its mantra, and the tendency for entrepreneurs to neglect how their services or products will impact human and social settings.

The author discusses the influence of hippies, or the anti-establishment counterculture movement, on the internet. Topics include the promotion of information freedom as the internet and the world wide web grew in the early 1990's, the use of online advertising by businesses to make a profit from consumers, and the use of internet users' personal information by internet advertisers.

The article presents a reprint of two blog posts, one published by Moshe Y. Vardi on September 11, 2015, entitled "The Future of Work: But What Will Humans Do?" found at http://bit.ly/1geYbLj and the other by Mark Guzdial on August 14, 2015, entitled "Be It Resolved: Teaching Statements Must Embrace Active Learning and Eschew Lecture," found at http://bit.ly/1RkVbuC.

The article discusses factors creating gender disparity through the underrepresentation of women in computing. Topics include a memo written by engineer James Damore of the search engine firm Google Inc., the historical role of women in computing and code breaking, and problems harming the recruitment of women by Silicon Valley, California technology firms.

The article discusses the relation of open access publishing to the organization Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Topics include the expenses involved in publishing periodicals, various article-process charge (APC) models of open access publishing, and the possibility of funding for ACM's journal from research institutions in relation to a proposal in the issue article "Push Versus Pull: Flipping the Publishing Business Model" by Sheldon Jacobson.

The article discusses the relation between cyberspace and the physical world. Topics include the popularity of the cryptocurrency bitcoin, the economic impacts of the use of the Internet and World Wide Web, and the 1996 document "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" by digital-rights advocate John Perry Barlow.

The author presents his thoughts on how computer science professionals can address social responsibility issues. He calls on the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) to emphasize social responsibility by partnering with other organizations dedicated to assessing the social impact of technology and technological innovations.

The article discusses the history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A. M. Turing Award in relation to the career of computer scientist Alan Turing. Topics include the beginning of the award as a lectureship, claims that Turing invented the computer in relation to his work as a mathematician, and the notion of a Universal Turing Machine.

The article discusses the Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation (NIPS) peer review program committees' use of randomization in the decision making process of accepting and rejecting academic papers for publication. The relationship between divination and randomness is discussed.