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Re:AI Sports Journalist Covers Every Division I College Bask... by gcampbell on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @02:18PM (#1915349)
I'm a Stanford fan, so here's a (nit-picky?) deconstruction of http://cardinalupdate.com/stanford-basketball/game-recap/sta... - the recap of the team's first game.

"Stanford has already started living up to monumental expectations with a good first game": I'm not sure where the "monumental expectations" comes from; Stanford finished below .500 last year and was picked 9th in the Pac-10 preseason media poll.

"Stanford defeated San Diego with domination in offensive rebounding and an additional beat in possession management.": Not sure what "an additional beat in" means here.

"Stanford has incredible expectations for this season, and this victory over Cardinal was a good start.": Should be "over the Toreros" or "for the Cardinal".

Overall, though, it's pretty slick.

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Re:AI Sports Journalist Covers Every Division I College Bask... by RobbieStats on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @03:47PM (#1915662)
Two of those three have been fixed now. The first (around expectations) requires a larger tweak which we are making.

The point to keep in mind is that we are at the infant stage of automated content. Unlike most writers, our content will get significantly better over time.

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Re:AI Sports Journalist Covers Every Division I College Bask... by smackfu on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @03:53PM (#1915689)
Similarly, "Duke beat back Princeton with a strong game in free throw shooting and also a beat in three pointers." That "beat" phrasing just reads badly.

There's really two problems they are solving here: identifying the stats that matter, and converting them into English. Seem to do a bit better at the first than the second.

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