"For journalism, it means that avatars will report the news, generated by AI models, trained on the combined labor of every journalist, editor, and newsroom that's ever posted online. Accuracy is traded for speed, where fast news is just as inflammatory as fast food. Everyone hates AI, except the bosses who bet the future on the prophecies of product makers."
"While the printing press made everyone an author, the mobile web made everyone a publisher. By posting online, everyone is a journal- ish, which refers to the capacity for any individual to function as a creator, distributor, and consumer of news. The future of journalism rests on adapting to the next digital turn with intention and inspiring the public to adopt "journal-ish imagination," a mindset where the sourcing, veracity, and historical context of news stories inform decisions to trust and share news content."
Tech oligarchs are promoting AI as the future, shifting journalism toward AI-generated avatars trained on the combined labor of journalists, editors, and newsrooms. Accuracy is being traded for speed, producing fast, inflammatory news. Social platforms amplified non-journalist content from politicians, activists, corporations, and others, increasing competition for attention. The printing press and mobile web transformed publishing power broadly, enabling 'journal-ish' behavior where individuals create, distribute, and consume news. The future of journalism depends on deliberate adaptation, fostering public 'journal-ish imagination' that prioritizes sourcing, veracity, and historical context, and preserving journalists' role in vetting and synthesizing information for democracies.
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