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The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down with It
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Re: The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down with It
#12This article is almost irrelevant because here we are in 2024, barreling towards a future where there are approximately zero real journalists, and all news is written by an LLM. No reader wants this, but it’s clear it’s coming and it’s coming soon.
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#13I think journalism took a nosedive when the journalists were allowed to promote their personal beliefs and opinions, instead of reporting facts and providing analysis. Journalists hate this because they feel its their jobs to persuade, not inform. It may sound boring to some but I just want facts and analysis, not personal opinion and persuasion reported as fact. Yes, media has always done this, but that doesn't make…
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#14This article is almost irrelevant because here we are in 2024, barreling towards a future where there are approximately zero real journalists, and all news is written by an LLM. No reader wants this, but it’s clear it’s coming and it’s coming soon.
> and all news is written by an LLM.
And that's arguably not even really news. IMHO, the best that can be is regurgitated press releases or worse (like closing stock prices mashed up with hot takes from social media and some hallucinations for "analysis").
An LLM isn't going to do any investigation, or even really have any judgement about what to write about. Though I'm sure "AI" enthusiastic will happily point to the weakened state of journalism, which does sometimes regurgitate press releases, as justification for weakening it further in order hype "AI" more.
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#15Seem to be forgetting how often these swaggerin dude's got the story wrong. No need for swagger, just tell the goddamn truth, verifiably.