November 28, 2002
Google Needs People
"This page was generated entirely by computer algorithms without human editors. No humans were harmed or even used in the creation of this page."You can read that lines at Google News FAQ, a new beta service provided by Google that features integrated access to 4,000 continuously-updated news sources. A protest came from Washington Post editor, "It's a useful service, but it's not going to drive me to the unemployment office tomorrow," stated Douglas B. Feaver, an executive editor.
Google's claim that it offers "a news service compiled solely by computer algorithms without human intervention" is misleading, at best. What about the programmers who wrote the algorithms? What about the designers and architects who structured and organized the templates? What about the thousands of reporters and editors who wrote and selected the articles? Yeah, actually Google needs people. Long live People! We're still human, huh?
Posted at November 28, 2002 02:10 PM | Web
