Maybe its really not Will Lewis thinking its cheaper, but the folks at Langley. A lot easier to mail out the AI written article, than contacting the newsroom and saying “these are the talking points on such-and-such topic. Craft a story that doesn’t make things too obvious where its coming from.”
Cutting out the middleman in producing lies. I like it! Very efficient
“these are the talking points on such-and-such topic. Craft a story that doesn’t make things too obvious where its coming from.”
A reporter’s job is collecting raw data and telling it to their audience.
The activity described by the above quote is rehashing, not reporting, because the writer is being given the raw data.
Replacing the rehashers on the Washington Post’s staff with machines sounds like a good business decision and we readers won’t suffer.