Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into the world of journalism due to recent advances in natural language generation that may threaten this profession. Software has been written that will produce, copy, news stories and articles that were standard fare for experienced journalists. Myers “absolutely believes” a machine will win, “because it already did”. The problem with AI is not just its ability to write articles, but also how it can be used by journalists who are new at their job.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into the world of journalism due to recent advances in natural language generation that may threaten this profession. Software has been written that will produce, copy, news stories and articles that were standard fare for experienced journalists. The problem with AI is not just its ability to write articles, but also how it can be used by journalists who are new at their job.