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I agree that we aren't replacing anything. There will never be one source for a particular topic (although our content is significantly less expensive to produc

I agree that we aren't replacing anything. There will never be one source for a particular topic (although our content is significantly less expensive to produce). But I wouldn't underestimate the potential for automated content to be even better than what the best journalists can produce. We are at the infant stage of automated content. We have a long way to go and it will only get better.

JoelSutherland 16y ago
You've already surpassed Adrian Wojnarowski, but computers have a long way to go to replace even average humans: http://www.truthaboutit.net/2010/11/wizards-claw-raptors-109-94-the-gilbert-arenas-hockey-assist.html http://www.truthaboutit.net/2010/11/wizards-claw-raptors-109... That's a bit of a joke, but the real value automation will provide is not the translation of statistics into narrative, it is providing the right statistics. I can honestly say that your generated stories are better than most AP articles in that regard. Have you looked at computing any advanced basketball statistics? Highlighting those and turning them into narrative could go a long way toward raising awareness about them in the general (sports) public.
- RobbieStats 16y ago
  Yes, we compute a bunch of advanced stats for statsheet.com. I've intentionally shied away from doing too much "advanced" stuff on the individual sites because i want them to be consumable by the average fan. Some feedback we get about statsheet.com is that it can be overwhelming. That said, we'll be adding more unique stuff over time. We started doing a "Fan Satisfaction" chart: http://carolinaupdate.com/north-carolina-basketball/fan_satisfaction http://carolinaupdate.com/north-carolina-basketball/fan_sati... that attempts to objectively measure the subjective notion of "fan satisfaction".

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I agree that we aren't replacing anything. There will never be one source for a particular topic (although our content is significantly less expensive to produc

by RobbieStats 16y ago

JoelSutherland 16y ago
You've already surpassed Adrian Wojnarowski, but computers have a long way to go to replace even average humans: http://www.truthaboutit.net/2010/11/wizards-claw-raptors-109-94-the-gilbert-arenas-hockey-assist.html http://www.truthaboutit.net/2010/11/wizards-claw-raptors-109... That's a bit of a joke, but the real value automation will provide is not the translation of statistics into narrative, it is providing the right statistics. I can honestly say that your generated stories are better than most AP articles in that regard. Have you looked at computing any advanced basketball statistics? Highlighting those and turning them into narrative could go a long way toward raising awareness about them in the general (sports) public.
- RobbieStats 16y ago
  Yes, we compute a bunch of advanced stats for statsheet.com. I've intentionally shied away from doing too much "advanced" stuff on the individual sites because i want them to be consumable by the average fan. Some feedback we get about statsheet.com is that it can be overwhelming. That said, we'll be adding more unique stuff over time. We started doing a "Fan Satisfaction" chart: http://carolinaupdate.com/north-carolina-basketball/fan_satisfaction http://carolinaupdate.com/north-carolina-basketball/fan_sati... that attempts to objectively measure the subjective notion of "fan satisfaction".