The skill is figuring out what the important facts are, and where to get them from. For an earthquake, at least for the initial announcement, it's pretty strai

The skill is figuring out what the important facts are, and where to get them from. For an earthquake, at least for the initial announcement, it's pretty straightforward - where and how big. It's not a great deal different to "a robot" (or more precisely, my phone's weather app) telling me what temperature and likelihood of rain. Trying to do that for, say, the salient points of the banking collapse would be a lot more difficult.