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Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby Pogotheostrich » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:16 pm

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2 ... eyre-here/

Imagine that you could push a button, and magically create a story about a baseball game. That’s what the Stats Monkey system does. Given information commonly available online about many games — the box score and the play-by-play — the system automatically generates the text of a story about that game that captures the overall dynamic of the game and highlights the key plays and key players. The story includes an appropriate headline and a photo of the most important player in the game.

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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby KCollins1304 » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:44 pm

I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy that over sportswriters. Can they replace the BBWA too for HOF voting?
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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby JTWood » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:57 pm

KCollins1304 wrote:Can they replace the BBWA too for HOF voting?

please please please!!!
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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby bigken117 » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:36 pm

I for one welcome our new robot sports writing overlords.
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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby bigh0rt » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:05 pm

What is the Robot's xFIP compared to Bill Simmons'?
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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby Neato Torpedo » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:12 am

Now in development: the PlaschkeBot 5000
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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby AussieDodger » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:19 am

Neato Torpedo wrote:Now in development: the PlaschkeBot 5000


Well they better make the "licking Colletti's balls" button pretty sturdy. :-?
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Re: Robots to replace Sportswriters

Postby JTWood » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:59 pm

I'm going to presume that the next, logical application for this software will be to replace Tim McCarver.
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