What if you put all the AIs in a room together ...
After 60+ years of hearing complaints about the news, we decided to ask AI about it
There used to be a saying about putting all the world’s typewriters and monkeys in a room together and seeing if they would eventually duplicate Shakespeare’s work. Well, that’s sort of what AI is — unimaginable computing power suddenly at everyone’s fingertips.
This might, or perhaps should, usher in a new world of intellectual curiosity, learning and informed civic participation. Or maybe it will just be the end of the world as we know it. Either way, journalism will be blamed, as it is for everything.
Maybe AI will be able to gather, report, edit and present the news in a way that wins accolades, furthers human understanding and so forth. Or maybe it will just be more of the same.
We decided to try a small experiment. We gathered three leading AI LLMs together and asked them — since they’re so smart — what are the top news stories affecting consumers today.
Not wanting to put our thumbs on the scale, we drew no conclusions. But you can read the AIs’ testimony verbatim right here and make your own judgment.