Sad, sorry journalism

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@Jackmannii

I don’t have access to the Post article since I didn’t sign up for the website.

A lot of Washington Post articles are freely available on MSN, such as:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-shuts-down-ransomware-gang-that-targeted-schools-and-hospitals/ar-AA16LTGp

But we have a very relevant discussion going on–and probably the answer is yes:

Straight Dope 1/27/2023: Could artificial intelligence replace journalists?

Could artificial intelligence replace journalists? You think the main threat from artificial intelligence is that it will destroy humanity? Obviously you’re not a journalist. On hearing that the AI R&D lab OpenAI had launched a free online version of its intelligent chatbot, ChatGPT, the first thought of most journalists, and probably anybody who writes for a living, was: can this thing do my job? For me the question was especially urgent, since ChatGPT supposedly could answer any question. Yip…