The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got Fired (Wired)

[Beebo Brink]

The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got Fired | WIRED

James, a middle-aged Asian man, and Rose, a younger redhead, were never able to figure out how to present the news in a manner that wasn’t deeply off-putting for viewers. Their program, which ran twice a week on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram, covered topics as varied as a fall pumpkin giveaway and a vigil for a labor massacre—all in the same distant, matter-of-fact tone of beings incapable of comprehending human emotions.

In one particularly stilted exchange about the pumpkin giveaway, Rose asked James, “And how have these free pumpkins impacted the community?” to which James responded, “The free pumpkins have brought joy to many.”

They consistently butchered difficult Hawaiian names and even had surprising struggles with much simpler words. In their final broadcast on November 4, while discussing an air rifle championship, Rose inexplicably replaced the word “rifle” with the word “referee.”

 

[Free]

How much does anyone wanna bet that the people who made the decision to "hire" their AI reporters won't be let go, as well?

 

[Casey Pelous]

How much does anyone wanna bet that the people who made the decision to "hire" their AI reporters won't be let go, as well?

It's a local newspaper desperate to cut costs -- chances are good that the problem will take care of itself. By the time the end came, our local paper could have held an all-staff meeting in a telephone booth.

BTW, one can "enjoy" one of these masterpieces here:

The Garden Island on Instagram: "TGI Today is The Garden Island’s latest innovative news experience. All news, analysis and opinions are based on the work of The Garden Island editorial team."

34 likes, 47 comments - thegardenisland on September 9, 2024: "TGI Today is The Garden Island’s latest innovative news experience. All news, analysis and opinions are based on the work of The Garden Island editorial team.".

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I made it through about 20 seconds and deserve an award.

Oh, and for you youngsters, a "newspaper" was like a website only printed on paper -- something like what comes out of a printer. A "telephone booth" held one person unless you were young and silly.

*Sighs. Looks for a tar pit to die in.*

 

[Noodles]

The unspoken reason Newspapers died is that they were completely incapable of hiring a driver that would not come around at 4AM and wake up the entire neighborhood with their busted ass muffler.

 

[Noodles]

BTW, one can "enjoy" one of these masterpieces here:

The Garden Island on Instagram: "TGI Today is The Garden Island’s latest innovative news experience. All news, analysis and opinions are based on the work of The Garden Island editorial team."

34 likes, 47 comments - thegardenisland on September 9, 2024: "TGI Today is The Garden Island’s latest innovative news experience. All news, analysis and opinions are based on the work of The Garden Island editorial team.".

www.instagram.com

I made it through about 20 seconds and deserve an award.

Oh, and for you youngsters, a "newspaper" was like a website only printed on paper -- something like what comes out of a printer. A "telephone booth" held one person unless you were young and silly.

*Sighs. Looks for a tar pit to die in.*

Wow, I thought the dude was kind of weird, especialy with his hands repeating that same gesture constantly.

And then Rose started taking and presenting.

She was, somehow way worse. The voice really doesn't fit the look or the tone.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Wow, I thought the dude was kind of weird, especialy with his hands repeating that same gesture constantly.

And then Rose started taking and presenting.

She was, somehow way worse. The voice really doesn't fit the look or the tone.

She had a...stilted....early Siri....type voice.

 

[Noodles]

She had a...stilted....early Siri....type voice.

Yeah, and very monotone. Like, extremely unsettlingly so.

 

[Beebo Brink]

But how many fingers do they have?

 

[Free]

But how many fingers do they have?

1.

 

[Lexxi]

It's a local newspaper desperate to cut costs -- chances are good that the problem will take care of itself. By the time the end came, our local paper could have held an all-staff meeting in a telephone booth.

BTW, one can "enjoy" one of these masterpieces here:

The Garden Island on Instagram: "TGI Today is The Garden Island’s latest innovative news experience. All news, analysis and opinions are based on the work of The Garden Island editorial team."

34 likes, 47 comments - thegardenisland on September 9, 2024: "TGI Today is The Garden Island’s latest innovative news experience. All news, analysis and opinions are based on the work of The Garden Island editorial team.".

www.instagram.com

I made it through about 20 seconds and deserve an award.

Oh, and for you youngsters, a "newspaper" was like a website only printed on paper -- something like what comes out of a printer. A "telephone booth" held one person unless you were young and silly.

*Sighs. Looks for a tar pit to die in.*