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    Zach Seward‏Verified account @zseward 19 Nov 2017

    I gave a speech in Shanghai on Thursday, and before I got off stage, Tencent had posted a not-half-bad article about it written by an AI named Dreamwriter. https://qy.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/wap_getnewsmsg?action=get&__biz=MzA3OTQ3NzE0OQ==&mixuin=MjI2Nzc3MDM5NzE5ODM3MTc5NA==&mid=10001040&idx=1&sn=f4127d91ee449c58a61875759d89b777 …

    7:28 AM - 19 Nov 2017 from Manhattan, NY
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      2. Zach Seward‏Verified account @zseward 19 Nov 2017

        Machine-translated English version of the machine-written Chinese article about a human speech in English https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://qy.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/wap_getnewsmsg%3Faction%3Dget%26__biz%3DMzA3OTQ3NzE0OQ%3D%3D%26mixuin%3DMjI2Nzc3MDM5NzE5ODM3MTc5NA%3D%3D%26mid%3D10001040%26idx%3D1%26sn%3Df4127d91ee449c58a61875759d89b777&usg=ALkJrhhbu3vIrjiqB63fVQslkpwwHQpxWQ …

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      3. Zach Seward‏Verified account @zseward 19 Nov 2017

        Video of Dreamwriter hard at work on the side of the stage during another speechpic.twitter.com/vWBgwfqKRz

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      2. Ken Romano‏ @kenromano 19 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zseward

        It was transcribing your voice and then turning into an article? Wasn't a summary based on a written speech you submitted before? If so, wow.

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      3. Zach Seward‏Verified account @zseward 19 Nov 2017
        Replying to @kenromano

        Definitely wasn't summarizing a written speech. I don't know for sure if the bot or a human did the live transcription (nor in what language), but the bot wrote the article.

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      2. Scoble‏Verified account @Scobleizer 19 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zseward

        That is massively cool. Blogging is dead!

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      3. Michal Takac‏ @michaltakac 20 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Scobleizer @zseward

        I think it isn't, this is "just" transcribing the voice. At least if the resulting article is just the transcribed report. What I like about this is that I could just go for a walk and "write" an article with speech. Or a notes for future article.

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      2. Zach Pousman‏ @thinky 20 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zseward

        I’m not afraid. Yet. The AI elements of this are a small part of the process I think. I’ve not been at all impressed with AI text generators “in the wild” though researchers are making strides.

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      3. ❂ noah rosenberg ❂‏ @nrose 20 Nov 2017
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        Unfortunately the content of most online stories has become so simple. It won’t be hard for Dreamwriter to compose 100 words around a few embedded trump tweets.

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      1. Liting Lin‏ @Liting77 20 Nov 2017
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        I spotted a typo right after opening the Chinese version. Guess AI has adopted human behaviour earlier than my expection.

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