Three views of robots in journalism

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The founder of Narrative Science predicted in Wired magazine that one of his computer algorithms would win a Pulitzer Prize in five years. Wired's Steven Levy seems convinced that the Chicago company really can move "from commodity news to explanatory journalism and, ultimately, detailed long-form articles." Rebecca Greenfield from Atlantic isn't buying it. And PolitiFact developer Matt Waite reframes the question.

May 9, 2012

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