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10 o’clock list: Bot Prompts We Couldn’t Do
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Image credit: “How Computers Misunderstand the World” The Verge
Last weekend, our writer Tyler Raso put dozens of Thrill headlines into a bot, and then forced the bot, against its and our will, to generate content for us. Every day this week, one article on the site will be one of the prompts the bot generated. These are our stories.
It’s been a weird week here at the Thrill. Always on some cutting edge, this week we’ve decided to delve headfirst into the Future™ that AI and machine learning have for us. One day, I’m assured by professors, targeted ads on Instagram, and Google’s AlphaGo, machines will be so efficient at doing everything, they’ll even be able to think for me! Thank GOD. Just as predicted, they’ve thought of some Thrill ideas for this week, and let me tell you, I sure am nervous.
Here’s a few prompts the bot came up with that we wanted to write, but just couldn’t match the bot’s intelligence:
Costume Contest Winners!
Alright everyone, we know it’s been a while, and we’re sorry. Blackouts, breaks, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks. But we’re coming at you now with the winner of our annual Halloween Costume Contest, who will be receiving a $25 VI gift card.
Kenyon Flashbulb Memories: Boy Pump
Who remembers, on that fateful day, February 25, 2018, when the world was deprived of Boy Pump?
(this post was inspired by a comment made by Tyler Raso)
Where’s It At? w/DYS (11/9/18)
Hot dog! Dounia gets lost in the meat sauce this weekend!
Footage credit: How It’s Made
Song credit: “Song for My Father” by Horace Silver
