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“Using the score, the algorithm captures the overall dynamic of the game, highlights the key plays and key players, looks for quotes, and generates a text out of these elements. In addition, it configures an appropriate headline and a photo of the most important player in the game - and there goes a very rough sketch of a sports article” (Bunz).

This concept of a computer actually “writing” is very interesting. To me, writing is a very human action because it uses a very human-like flow. It replicates the way time works in a human sense because it’s linear and has a start and a stop. This also exemplifies how humans think, and until now computers were not able to do this. This ability is slowly starting to bridge the gap between humans and computers by letting computers “think” through the art form of writing.

In the respect of computers writing news articles, this is very cool. As long as humans are the ones telling them to write the articles. The day computers tell themselves to write an article because they feel like it, is the day humanity needs to take a serious look at what they created… A.I. The terminator series has already warned us of what the consequences are of going down this road.