Will Journalists Be Replaced by Artificial Intelligence?

Is artificial intelligence poised to put thousands of journalists out on the streets? It can certainly look that way, with AI creeping into journalism more each day. An AI-powered -- and eerily-human -- newscaster debuted late last year in China, and earlier this week Axios published a fake article using an AI program that's capable of generating news posts that seem indistinguishable from its other stories. In recent years, legacy outlets like the Los Angeles Times and the BBC have turned to AI to write earthquake stories and curate programming schedules, respectively. World's first #AI news anchor debuts, jointly developed by Xinhua and Chinese search engine company https://t.co/34tyZ4nwrg.