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AI blogger seems more appropriate than journalist.
by asadotzler 1y ago
AI blogger seems more appropriate than journalist.
- nchmy 1y agoare you aware of any "ai journalists"? Because simonw does great work, so perhaps blogger is what people should aspire towards?
- grim_io 1y agoNot sure what an AI journalist is supposed to be or do, but a lack of one does not promote someone who is not it automatically into the position.
- simonw 1y agoI actually talk to journalists on the AI beat quite often - I've had good conversations with them at publications including The Economist and NY Times and Washington Post and ArsTechnica. They're not going to write up detailed reviews of things like the new Claude code interpreter mode though, because that's not of interest to a general enough audience. I don't have that restriction: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/9/claude-code-interpreter/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/9/claude-code-interpreter...
- landl0rd 1y agoKylie Robison recently moved to Wired and is a solid "AI journalist".
- minimaxir 1y agoAlthough she is indeed solid as an AI journalist, unfortunately she was recently let go for unknown reasons: https://www.kyliebytes.com/thank-god-i-got-fired/ https://www.kyliebytes.com/thank-god-i-got-fired/
- landl0rd 1y agoShoot that's what I get for staying off twitter and email for a week. Glad newsletters provide a little bit of a cushion these days but hopefully someone snaps her up.
- vasco 1y agoYou normally keep up with staffing updates for writers at random internet blogs? That is mind-blowing, I don't think I ever even read the name of the author of an article intentionally, and when I do it by mistake I forget it 2 webpages down the road.
- 4ggr0 1y agoi've never used twitter myself, but isn't that its purpose? follow people you like because of what they do and get informed by themselves about what happens behind the curtains. OP mentioned being off twitter, maybe they follow the author there and would've seen a tweet about it.