On 12/07/2012 4:54 PM, Arthur Cordell wrote: > > > New reporter? Call him Al, for algorithm > > * /by/ Rob Lever > > *The new reporter on the US media scene takes no coffee breaks, churns > out articles at lightning speed, and has no pension plan.* > > *That's because the reporter is not a person, but a computer > algorithm, honed to translate raw data such as corporate earnings > reports and previews or sports statistics into readable prose.*
Gee, even the backup careers for obsolescing writers as Media Content Providers [1] is now itself about to become obsolete. Reminds me of things in the supermarket labeled "Edible food product". - Mike [1] See http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/alien/muse.htm -- Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. /V\ [email protected] /( )\ http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
