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blank did not immediately respond to blank's request for comments is so common as to mean nothing.

by chrisbolt 4y ago

bugbuddy 4y ago
How do we know if the article was not written by an AI?
- deleted 4y ago
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- ojbyrne 4y ago
  My experience is that AI is generally better than humans at _syntax_. Leaving a word out seems to be exclusive to (rushed) humans.
viraptor 4y ago
What do you mean? It's added because that's what happened. You'll also find lots of articles if you google "company spokesperson said". It's far from meaningless when there's no response.
- pixard 4y ago
  How much time passed between reaching out and publishing the article? Who decides how much time is "enough"? You could technically send out an email, and then immediately publish the article. After all a few seconds passed with no reply... Because of this the line is meaningless (to me at least).
  - flangola7 4y ago
    > How much time passed between reaching out and publishing the article? Presumably the normal amount of time? Do you think journalists just go publishing things haphazardly? I get the feeling you have no experience in the world of reporting.
    - newfriend 4y ago
      And I suspect you've spent too much time in the world of reporting if you think that journalists are some paragons of truth and honesty.
      - viraptor 4y ago
        It really depends where you are. On one hand side, Matt Levine is a journalist. On the other, so are people in the Daily Mail. Yet, there's a massive difference there.
    - RichEO 4y ago
      Having been on both side of press like this “immediately” means a couple of hours at most. Sometimes it means “I spoke to someone, they said they’d come back to me, but I didn’t want to wait”. I’ve seen cases where emails are sent outside of work hours on a Friday/Weekend so the journalist can claim that the subject “did not respond to repeated requests for comment” on Monday morning. Journalists often have a story they want to tell. They intentionally arrange things to support their story.

blank did not immediately respond to blank's request for comments is so common as to mean nothing.

bugbuddy 4y ago

How do we know if the article was not written by an AI?

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ojbyrne 4y ago
My experience is that AI is generally better than humans at _syntax_. Leaving a word out seems to be exclusive to (rushed) humans.

viraptor 4y ago

What do you mean? It's added because that's what happened. You'll also find lots of articles if you google "company spokesperson said". It's far from meaningless when there's no response.

pixard 4y ago
How much time passed between reaching out and publishing the article? Who decides how much time is "enough"? You could technically send out an email, and then immediately publish the article. After all a few seconds passed with no reply... Because of this the line is meaningless (to me at least).
- flangola7 4y ago
  > How much time passed between reaching out and publishing the article? Presumably the normal amount of time? Do you think journalists just go publishing things haphazardly? I get the feeling you have no experience in the world of reporting.
  - newfriend 4y ago
    And I suspect you've spent too much time in the world of reporting if you think that journalists are some paragons of truth and honesty.
    - viraptor 4y ago
      It really depends where you are. On one hand side, Matt Levine is a journalist. On the other, so are people in the Daily Mail. Yet, there's a massive difference there.
  - RichEO 4y ago
    Having been on both side of press like this “immediately” means a couple of hours at most. Sometimes it means “I spoke to someone, they said they’d come back to me, but I didn’t want to wait”. I’ve seen cases where emails are sent outside of work hours on a Friday/Weekend so the journalist can claim that the subject “did not respond to repeated requests for comment” on Monday morning. Journalists often have a story they want to tell. They intentionally arrange things to support their story.