Perugia, (APP – Urdu Point/Pakistan Point News – April 20, 2024) Artificial intelligence is shaking up journalism and will cause “fundamental changes in the news ecosystem” in the short term, says media expert David Caswell told AFP.
Former Yahoo employee. Mr Caswell was speaking at BBC News Labs, the British broadcaster's innovation arm, as industry leaders gathered in the Italian city of Perugia to discuss the biggest issues facing the industry.
– How do you see the future of journalism? –
“We don't know. But what we're trying to do is understand all the possibilities, or as many possibilities as possible. But what's becoming more clear is how many possibilities. One is the fact that more media will be created, produced and fed by machines.
So machines will do more of the journalism, do more of the production, audio, video, text, and create consumption experiences that consumers have.
This is a very fundamental change in the information ecosystem in general and the news ecosystem in particular. This is structurally different from the current situation. I don't know how long it will take. It could take two years, four years, seven years. I think it will be faster because there is less friction.
People don't need news equipment or new hardware. As a producer, you don't need a lot of money or technical expertise. Everything that was a barrier in previous generations of AI is no longer a barrier thanks to generative AI. ”
