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There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)
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Articles by Neel Dhanesha

Roganbot, created by two journalists, is the testbed for “visibility tools” that help keep tabs on the internet.
After The New York Times stopped endorsing in local races, an “Occupy Wall Street-style collective” of journalists stepped in to fill the gap.
“They’re going to the shop for sense-making, I think. And there’s nothing on the shelf.”
“We don’t know if [this strategy] is going to make sense for us from a money perspective. We’re in the ‘out on a limb’ phase, not the ‘we’ve discovered a new business model’ phase.”
“Woods Hole tends to be pretty passionate about things, and when people get startled they get angry.”
“I’ve always liked to think of myself as a brain floating through space…[but] our physical condition constrains and expands the way we think about ourselves.”