# Sad, sorry journalism **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863 "2023-01-27T01:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863/28 "2023-01-27T19:09:10Z")
> [@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](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?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-27-2023-could-artificial-intelligence-replace-journalists/978896): > > 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](https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/why-everyones-obsessed-with-chatgpt-a-mind-blowing-ai-chatbot/). Yip… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863)._