Call For Reviews
For the next issue of ACM Computers and Society, we would like to publish three to four book review essays. Each review should be in the 750-1500 word range and should focus on a recent book related to topics of interest to the SIGCAS membership. Alternately, a longer review essay which examines two or three related books together in some thematic way will also be considered.
Computers and Society 48:1 now available
Issue 1 of Volume 48 of Computers and Society is now available on the newsletter page. This is the first issue of the re-designed ACM SIGCAS Newsletter. It is the first issue for the new editor (Randy Connolly) who is taking over from the previous editor-in-chief, Dee A. B. Weikle. Due to the difficulty in finding […]
2018 ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
The 2018 ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct has been adopted. You can view it here: https://ethics.acm.org/ Also, note the Integrity Project section – and help out if you can! #ACMCodeofEthics #IReadTheCode
Links: Blogs
Here you can find a list (in no order) of various blogs relevant to SIGCAS.
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This brings us into the realm of "free speech" — by and for whom — and to what degree — is machine generated "speech" free?
“our ability to understand people…is fundamentally about imagining their point of view & inferring what they intend to communicate….So when we encounter seemingly coherent text coming from a machine…we reflexively imagine that a mind produced the words” https://t.co/cb0NHJPR2K
Looks to be a fascinating and important paper! My hypothesis is that all harms, historic and ongoing, leave imprints, and how we collectively deal with them is necessary for moving forward. My guess is that some if not all of your findings will be generalizable. Thank you!
🤔When an algorithm causes harm, is discontinuing it enough to address its harms?
💡Our #FAccT2022 paper introduces the concept of the _The Algorithmic Imprint_ to show how algorithmic harms can persist long after it’s discontinued
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