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BBCs headlines leave much to be desired. They dont want to summarise the article in the headline, they merely want to pique the readers interest.
What’s the line of sticks down the middle with no fencing on it for?
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>A leader set in a linear direction more or less perpendicular to the shore so that fish approaching the leader turn and are guided toward deeper water and the trap; a leader that bisects the trap’s entrance to allow fish to enter the enclosure from either side of the fence (i.e., on a rising or a falling tide); a pair of bilaterally-positioned wings that form a V-shaped funnel entry to concentrate and redirect fish toward the trap enclosure’s entrance; and an entrance which incorporates species specific design characteristics (i.e., the width of the entrance and non-return devices) to only allow certain types of schooling fish to easily enter the enclosure and, once inside, prevent their escape.
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Source? If a major respected journalism outfit was using AI to generate stories I think that would be news itself, and I haven't heard it, outside of the corner-case of within-seconds earthquake reporting.
- https://wan-ifra.org/2021/06/how-bbc-news-labs-uses-ai-power... - https://artificialintelligence-news.com/2017/10/19/bbc-ai-im... - https://techhq.com/2019/12/machines-wrote-the-bbcs-uk-electi...
BBCs headlines leave much to be desired. They dont want to summarise the article in the headline, they merely want to pique the readers interest.
If anything, headlines like these make me avoid clicking. My attention is a scarce resource. I'm not going to read through a longform (unless it's from damninteresting.com - but I purposefully go there for longform trivia) if I have no idea of the longforms' relevance to my current interests.
Local reporting with much better pictures, diagrams and even a locally-produced podcast. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-ingenious-ancient...
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Source? If a major respected journalism outfit was using AI to generate stories I think that would be news itself, and I haven't heard it, outside of the corner-case of within-seconds earthquake reporting.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ap-expands-relation... > The Associated Press has selected Data Skrive as its preferred platform for automated sports and gambling content. The increased breadth of content provides AP customers more inventory of local-focused sports and gambling news. The AP expects the expansion of content to help both small and large publishers attract new subscribers and grow audience. htt…
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ap-expands-relation... > The Associated Press has selected Data Skrive as its preferred platform for automated sports and gambling content. The increased breadth of content provides AP customers more inventory of local-focused sports and gambling news. The AP expects the expansion of content to help both small and large publishers attract new subscribers and grow audience. htt…
From what I’ve seen of the tech, “assist” is the operant word here. It’s more like those article summary bots or a template fill-in-the-blank rather than something like GPT-2 that’s generating entirely novel phrases. A human still has to go in and make the text flow, correct things that don’t make sense, add good hooks, and (of course) an enticing title. The text isn’t “mostly written” by a bot - it’s still text that…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/allmetsports/2017-fall/games/...
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From what I’ve seen of the tech, “assist” is the operant word here. It’s more like those article summary bots or a template fill-in-the-blank rather than something like GPT-2 that’s generating entirely novel phrases. A human still has to go in and make the text flow, correct things that don’t make sense, add good hooks, and (of course) an enticing title. The text isn’t “mostly written” by a bot - it’s still text that…
Depends on the category. Here's an automated high school sports article that likely never had a human touch it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/allmetsports/2017-fall/games/...
Local reporting with much better pictures, diagrams and even a locally-produced podcast. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-ingenious-ancient...