I've been really intrigued to see when AI recaps would break into the mainstream. When I was working as an SID, we used generative AI built into SideArm to start recaps. But it was horrible and would give us 1-2 usable lines. AI's come a long way since then (2022), but it always struck me as an unnecessary extra step that still required human input. I'm worried about ESPN training their AI on other sports, presumably. Why not just have a journalist write the story instead of having to fix everything the AI did?
Griffin, I assume it is because the editor is also editing other stories as well, not just AI ones. But you bring up a good point - it does seem to defeat the purpose of having a computer do the work if you have to still have a person check the computer's work.
It definitely helps when you have an editor going over everything, but it just seems like an unnecessary automation to me. Having someone cover the games and writing a recap isn't that difficult. Why not just have a PWHL or PLL correspondent?
I've been really intrigued to see when AI recaps would break into the mainstream. When I was working as an SID, we used generative AI built into SideArm to start recaps. But it was horrible and would give us 1-2 usable lines. AI's come a long way since then (2022), but it always struck me as an unnecessary extra step that still required human input. I'm worried about ESPN training their AI on other sports, presumably. Why not just have a journalist write the story instead of having to fix everything the AI did?
Griffin, I assume it is because the editor is also editing other stories as well, not just AI ones. But you bring up a good point - it does seem to defeat the purpose of having a computer do the work if you have to still have a person check the computer's work.
It definitely helps when you have an editor going over everything, but it just seems like an unnecessary automation to me. Having someone cover the games and writing a recap isn't that difficult. Why not just have a PWHL or PLL correspondent?
To your point: https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/alex-morgan-ai-generated-recap-mention.html
You nailed it, Sean. Journalism is about the exceptions.