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Articles on Associated Press written by robots...
« on: May 14, 2015, 12:33:24 AM »
"Journalists: The Internet wiped out countless newspapers, and new technology could kill even more journalism positions.

Webb, a former journalist at Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal, said the next culprit will be algorithms that allow news outlets to automatically create stories and place them on websites without human interaction. Robot journalists (fedora optional) are already writing thousands of articles a quarter at The Associated Press. "

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/13/news/economy/robots-threaten-jobs-unemployment/index.html