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Re:Google is funding the creation of software that writes lo... by Borealid on Saturday July 08, 2017 @11:16PM (#14728180)
I don't understand what value the prose provides over spending the same amount of effort producing clear, easy to read infographics.

Instead of producing awkward and difficult-to-read English sentences, why not use the same content generator to produce completely accurate and easier to read dynamic data visualizations?

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Re:Google is funding the creation of software that writes lo... by nickdavidhaynes on Sunday July 09, 2017 @12:02AM (#14728294)
If you do automated content well, it's not awkward and difficult to read ;)

As far as visuals vs prose, I see it as "both-and" rather than "either-or". And in addition to our journalism and personalization work, we also integrate with interactive visualization tools like Tableau.

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