Five Things
August 18, 2025
My local newspaper likes publishing articles listing five things about a news story. Here is what I've noticed about these articles:
They might be created from another article in the paper but reworked by AI because everyone needs more AI in their lives.
I like the format when I am feeling tired and don't feel like reading column inches of writing to get the general idea.
The articles feel like listicles from 2012 when those were all the rage.
I don't know, but I feel like some company sold an AI program to the newspaper publisher. Everyone must use it, or the newspaper will be sold to a hedge fund.
One of these days, a major shareholder will suggest firing all the humans and replacing the news with hallucinated AI articles from past articles about news, sports, and local restaurants from the paper's morgue. Stories about the old Shakey's Pizza on Broadway or the Big Wheel in Valpo will confuse people who have only heard stories from their grandparents.
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