Monday, February 14, 2011

More Back of the Brain

And I had lunch with a guy the other day whose brother is a TV sports game-caller.  Those guys call the game, naming the names, describing the plays, while there is a production booth in one ear and a computer screen in front of them, channelling "color" - stats, what's on deck, whatever.  The game-caller assimilates all that and comes out (one hopes) with a coherent narrative.

Can't see a computer doing that, either.  Just too much humanity involved...

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