Communications of the ACM
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December 2015
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The Digital Dark Age
. . . and why it will have to wait.
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Pickled Patches
On repositories of patches and tension between security professionals and in-house developers.
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Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics
Critical reflection on value choices.
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The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Point
Ban the bots? Considering both sides of the argument for and against.
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The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Counterpoint
Let me unequivocally state: The status quo with respect to innocent civilian casualties is utterly and wholly unacceptable.
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Creating a New Generation of Computational Thinkers
Experiences with a successful school program in Scotland.
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I Can't Let You Do That, Dave
Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.