- In a recent example, an LA Times writer-bot wrote and posted a snippet about an earthquake three minutes after the event. - The LA Times claims they were fir

- In a recent example, an LA Times writer-bot wrote and posted a snippet about an earthquake three minutes after the event. - The LA Times claims they were first to publish anything on the quake, and outside the USGS, they probably were. - The LA Times example isn’t special because it’s the first algorithm to write a story on a major news site. - Indeed, Kristian Hammond, cofounder and CTO of Narrative Science, thinks some 90% of the news could be written by computers by 2030. - The LA Times earthquake story, written by an algorithm created by one of their staff, included a disclaimer. This TL;DR was written by a bot. http://www.textteaser.com/s/Y4TWuU http://www.textteaser.com/s/Y4TWuU