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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We should call it souperintelligence because we are all drowning in AI soup

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Longstanding, actually! It was coined by Wang and Beni in 1989, in the context of cellular robotic systems. While there were robots involved, I'd say the concept was more about the software than the hardware, so should qualify to answer your question? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_i...

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Swarm intelligence - Wikipedia

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It never made sense to regulate C02 via the EPA's pollution rules, it's just too different from other forms of pollution. Carbon taxes are the right mechanism. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...

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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy New Year to my Jewish friends!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are many legal benefits to marriage, that's not a problem. But I'd agree that it should be available to single parents, which would take care of that anyway.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't agree that making the program applicable to more people who can benefit from it is "punitive" to others. But I certainly would support expanding the funding when making a change like this. In general we need more support for raising children; I hope congress agrees.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sure they admit it. My point is the money should be available for child care whether you are working or not. The previous policy discriminated against those who stay home. This one is neutral. Isn't being neutral...objectively fairer?

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No it's not, they would still be eligible.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Don't be a meat proxy! Instead, use your wisdom, reasoning, and creativity to direct AI tools and to filter and enhance their output into something meaningful and useful.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A very well-written, thoughtful article. My university environment never reached the "woke" excesses described here, especially in computer science. But I definitely saw some aspects of this, and it's worth taking seriously. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Why I Quit the Tenure Track

The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

FWIW, I think the question of "Did Woke 1 go to far?" it depends on where you ask! On college campuses? Sometimes. In making cops responsible for bad behavior? Obviously not! In holding sex pests and criminals to account? Clearly incomplete, look at the damn White House.

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Michael S. Kirkpatrick @kirkpams.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I have a request for anyone who helps organize or leads an ACM SIG, conference, etc. I'm chairing a task force on publication integrity in CS (clear-computing.org). Part of that work is surveying the community on tools used. If you can help spread the word to SIG/conf leaders, please do.

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CLEAR Survey: Tool Adoption For Ethics And Policy Violations

The CLEAR Task force is gathering information from conference and journal organizers about tools used or being developed to identify, investigate, or manage ethics and policy violations in peer review...

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Light rail" is as old as I am. I like it!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The solution to AI safety is not to train closed models so that they never "press the nuclear button." Because we can't stop the bad guys from finding workarounds or using open models. The solution is formal security guarantees that models don't have nuclear buttons to press.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just this week we saw an illustration of how critical this is: an open weight model from China was key to Huggingface defending itself from an OpenAI model that went rogue.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Don't close the frontier! Open weight (and open source) models are key to US national security and competitiveness. A letter from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, and others came out today urging politicians not to impose hasty regulations. www.reddit.com/r/singularit...

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From the singularity community on Reddit: Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta, IBM, Palantir and more released a joint letter warning Washington not to kill open-weight models

Explore this post and more from the singularity community

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@acm.org President Elisa Bertino clarifies that no decision has been made on opening the Digital Library to LLM training. The ACM wants your feedback on this! cacm.acm.org/news/a-messa...

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A Message to the ACM Community – Communications of the ACM

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 16/07/2026

If you would like to share your thoughts, please use this link (buff.ly/fnANR1x). ACM leadership will take your feedback into account while we develop and implement our AI content strategy over the coming months.

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Now is the Time to Give LLMS Access to the ACM Digital Library Why ACM Believes the benefits outweigh the risks in opening up the ACM Digital Library to large language models

ACM welcomes your feedback! All responses will be read and considered by ACM.

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 16/07/2026

We are opening a consultation on the inclusion of ACM publications within AI licensing agreements for access and training purposes. We have published this piece as to why we believe it is the right time now to enter into these discussions. buff.ly/VTatuda

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Audrey @parickards.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Yesterday...Northwestern Ontario looked like a scene straight out of Dante’s Peak.

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Andrew Begel @abegel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Come take my AI Tools for Software Development course!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My take on daylight savings time: when the sun rises, it should be 7am. Every day. That's what your body wants. Clocks have computers in them now, we can do this!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Apply by July 29, 2026 to join our first cohort of students in the SE with AI Certificate program! (3/3)

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Working SE professionals can learn what they need to be productive in the AI world through our 9-month certificate program. Take one interactive online class per week in the evening, paired with interesting and challenging readings and homework projects. (2/3)

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

CMU is launching a new online professional graduate certificate program: Software Engineering with AI! www.cmu.edu/online/softw... Learn how to use AI to build software more productively, and how to effectively use AI as a component in your applications (1/3)

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I would additionally note that you can (and probably should!) publish the supplementary material that goes with a paper as part of the ACM Digital Library, and/or in other archival places such as an artifact repository.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It is a common distinction to make in moral theory. I wouldn't exactly say it is blurry, but I agree that people have different views on how important it is. To a pure utilitarian they are indistinguishable; to a Kantian like myself, not so much.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Had a great chat today with ACM India president @pkprofgiri.bsky.social, learned about all the great things they are doing--awards, speakers, hackathons, industry and student events, etc. Lots of chapter activity & growing membership, would love to see more of this across ACM!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

All of which is sad because on a technical level I love Linux and Android, I have an Android phone, etc....

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Totally bizarre that in Windows & Mac all I have to do to connect to campus wifi is enter my username and password, but in Linux or Android I have to set the "EAP Phase 2 authentication" etc. to get anything to work. And people wonder why Linux/Android is considered less usable.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

America has plenty of issues, and the current administration is making them worse. But we still have a ton of strengths--smart, diverse people & a can-do culture. There's no place in the world where I'd rather be a citizen. Happy 4th of July! And happy 250th birthday to the USA!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So please continue to share your ACM related concerns, but not just about pubs! I'll try to share what is going on. You may see some posts from me on possible ACM directions; some might be my own ideas, others might be things ACM is thinking of--feedback appreciated either way!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yesterday, an ending. Today, a beginning: I'll be serving as a SIG Governing Board representative on ACM Council for the next 2 years. I'll contribute to strategic planning for @acm.org, but my biggest goal is to facilitate communication between Council, SGB, & members.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Bring future ACM Publications related issues to @thzimmermann.bsky.social, who is taking my place.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today is my last day as SGB Liaison to the ACM Publications Board. It's been a great 6 years working with dedicated volunteers and staff to make ACM Publications better! I'm most proud of helping to transition ACM to 100% Open Access publishing, as of January 1, 2026.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

That One Non-Profit Governance Trick: Experts make decisions in a smoke-filled room, keeping information private so they can "roll out" decisions in the right way. Then make the wrong decision because there was no community input and get massive community push-back as a result.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

SMH about the wild stories of anti-A/C regulation in Europe. A/C is much more important as a way to mitigate the effects of global warming than it is as a contributor. Plus it literally saves lives.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Silver lining: if he vetos it (which he hasn't threatened to do yet in the coverage I've seen) Congress has the votes to override. If he doesn't it becomes law in 10 days regardless, as long as Congress doesn't go out of session.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ugh, I saw that. I really don't know why even Republicans tolerate him.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Wow, Congress passes the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act with lots of great pro-housing stuff and literally nothing that's really bad! Trump will reportedly sign it. Amazing that we get this given how dysfunctional Washington has been lately. bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-brief/...

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Inside the Deal: What's in the Final 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

A section-by-section summary of the final 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a comprehensive bipartisan package addressing housing supply, manufactured housing, homeownership access, program reform, ve...

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Second Treaty of Versailles. I'm sure it will be as successful as the first one!

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My daughter and I watched a famous thriller tonight that's as old as I am! First time I'd seen it, and just about the scariest movie I've even watched.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Yes, and 2022 is the last time I got email from the Onward! SC email list! I do believe things are happening behind the scenes as Onward! continues to operate, but yeah, the web page should be updated.

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Interesting, I haven't been invited to an SC meeting for a while. Maybe a mistake? Yes, AI slop is a problem. The old policy didn't really combat it directly, it just required disclosure. Would a policy that reviewers can stop reading after a few pages if the writing is terrible help?

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

* States that LLM use when conducting the research must be described as part of the ordinary requirement to disclose research methods. www.acm.org/publications... Concerns? If so, I'd like to understand.

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ACM Policy on Authorship

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The ACM Policy on Authorship was recently updated with respect to AI. The policy: * No longer requires disclosing that AI was used in authoring paper text. * Re-emphasizes that authors take full responsibility for the content and writing of the paper, regardless of tools used.

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ACM Policy on Authorship

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Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I've also asked if there's anything ACM can do about really gross violations by people who are not members. But it may be hard. I observe that these are all students, can you contact their universities?

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