You Can Get There From Here (But It Really Makes a Mess of Things)
Technology isn’t helping navigation apps address the problem of rerouting heavy traffic from highways to local roads.
Deterministic Record-and-Replay
Recent research advances related to deterministic record-and-replay show its broad and enduring applicability.
Can We Measure the Impact of a Database?
The h-index can be extended to hierarchical structures, allowing the impact of authors and journals to be measured on a large class of databases and datasets.
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Multisensory Experiences: Formation, Realization, and Responsibilities
Sensory manipulation, privacy, and other ethical considerations must be carefully addressed as technology-enabled multisensory experiences evolve.
The Importance of Distrust in Trusting Digital Worker Chatbots
While trust is essential to promote human interaction with AI-powered digital workers, distrust may also play a role.
Prevalence and Prevention of Large Language Model Use in Crowd Work
LLMs may be particularly harmful in crowd work when the goal is to capture the diversity of human preferences, behaviors, or opinions.
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