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If I were the editor of this publication, I'd argue that, while titles like this: "IT’S SENTIENT Meet the classified artificial brain being developed by US int
by ALittleLight 7y ago
If I were the editor of this publication, I'd argue that, while titles like this:
"IT’S SENTIENT Meet the classified artificial brain being developed by US intelligence programs"
Might get short term attention they are bad for the long term credibility of the publication. "SENTIENT" is a clever code name for the project, but I didn't see anything to suggest that the program in question had anything to do with sentience. It seems like it's a program to synthesize and present data from a wide array of sources, and that's neat, but why try to pitch it as something that it's clearly not.
Warren Buffett once said you can have a ballet and that's fine. You can have a rock concert and that's fine. But don't have a ballet and market it as a rock concert. If you want to write a story about software that presents data insights, please label it as such and I'll be interested in reading it. Don't label it as a story about artificial brain sentience because then I'll complain in the comments.
- 14 7y agoI have to agree with you on this one. I too thought they were trying to sell us on a computer being sentient. But sentient is just code name for their "brain" they are building. Clickbaity almost.
- kbenson 7y agoThe most successful clickbait is the clickbait you aren't quite comfortable to label as such but it's really close to the line. So, mission accomplished for the publisher I guess.
- Sendotsh 7y agoAlmost? It’s blatant clickbait and they know exactly what they’re doing. TheVerge isn’t exactly shy of this sort of thing though. It’s a digital tabloid that flukes on some interesting stories occasionally.
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- catoc 7y agoSaw the title - had "clickbait" all over it - checked the comments first, and sure enough the second comment confirmed the suspicion. Gotta love HN.