Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?(wired.com)

26 pointsby gus_massa14 anni fa12 comments

Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/can-an-algorithm-write-a-better-news-story-than-a-human-reporter/

11 comments

Its quite impressive, but will they actually be able to write "real" articles, or just convert stock or sports data into paragraphs? Since its possible that data is easier to look at in table form.

http://zappable.com/2012/04/algorithms-writing-articles/

drallison14 anni fa

There was a Stanford EE380 talk (http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/winter-schedule-20112012...) by Kriss Hammond of Narrative Science which is worth watching.

devs101014 anni fa

I'm curious if anyone knows of any open source projects that are similar to what they are doing? This is one area I have a lot of interest in but I haven't had all that much exposure to yet..

alapshah14 anni fa

Previous discussion (same company, different article) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2984021

rsynnott14 anni fa

Well, computers can already create accurate and convincing Daily Mail headlines: http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/

almost14 anni fa

When the headline is a question the answer is no. Works every time :)

cobrausn14 anni fa

New Headline:

Is the answer always no when a headline is a question?

nulluk14 anni fa

Credit to them at least the "No" is within the second paragraph as apposed to the end of the article which is normally the case

vladiim14 anni fa

Algorithms are certainly good at finding patterns in large data-sets, couple this with some talented writing at a high level and you may have a news service of the future.

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WalterSear14 anni fa

Lately, I've read many tech and science news articles that could have been written better by a brick.

nod14 anni fa

The short answer is: No - but they're a heck of a lot cheaper.

oogali14 anni fa

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