Generative AI systems act like “stochastic parrots,” using statistical models to guess word orders and pixel placements. That’s incompatible with a free press that commands its own words.
Damian Radcliffe and Christopher AliFebruary 2, 2017
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Radcliffe and Christopher Ali, Damian. "If small newspapers are going to survive, they’ll have to be more than passive observers to the news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 2 Feb. 2017. Web. 20 Nov. 2023.
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Radcliffe and Christopher Ali, D. (2017, Feb. 2). If small newspapers are going to survive, they’ll have to be more than passive observers to the news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/if-small-newspapers-are-going-to-survive-theyll-have-to-be-more-than-passive-observers-to-the-news/
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Radcliffe and Christopher Ali, Damian. "If small newspapers are going to survive, they’ll have to be more than passive observers to the news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 2, 2017. Accessed November 20, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/if-small-newspapers-are-going-to-survive-theyll-have-to-be-more-than-passive-observers-to-the-news/.
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