Software will soon write sports columns.

(L-R) Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) and
 Felix Unger (Tony Randall). Klugman's Madison
was a sports writer in 1970's 'The Odd Couple.'

I just heard that they (the invisible bad “they”) are working on software that will write sports and financial articles based on statistics.

I thought they’d been doing that for years.

[2014-03-11]

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That was a joke, but seriously, any algorithm that can parse human sentences can also be turned around and create sentences it hasn’t parsed yet, right?

That’s the generative power of human language (nods to Chomsky).

Have you compared the spell checking skills of Google Docs vs MS Word? Look for the contextual suggestions Google provides. It’s nothing less than astounding. The corrections just as often reflect pop culture patterns as errors, which makes it not just a spell checker, but an advisor.

[2014-03-13]

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