What the hell is an AI new anchor?

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India Today TV has unleashed a new monstrosity on the world- supposedly an “ AI news anchor” who is actually an animated representation of a weather girl dressed ridiculously like an extra from a Bond movie! Speaking in a dull monotone she insists on calling a weather report the weather forecast (as if weather report and forecast mean the same thing), which she proceeds to read out like she has no clue what she is doing.

Why in the name of heaven why? Is this supposed to showcase progress? What is the role of AI in this? Has AI helped in generating a more accurate weather report or is the fact that India Today TV has managed to make an animated character mouth words supposed to awe its audience? How ridiculous! The Motu-Patlu animation series for kids on TV is more engaging.

One hasn’t seen any of the foreign TV channels resort to such nonsense. In fact they have very serious looking and sensibly dressed men and women who explain facts about weather in a serious and matter of fact way. Do we have to show the world that we are so much more advanced than they in everything we do?

I dread the day when AI anchors will conduct serious debates about serious issues on prime time television and reduce them to an utter mockery (not that they aren’t already!) Would the guest be AI characters? What happens to the poor audience who are merely human? Would they have to create AI representatives of themselves too who will watch the tripe being fed to them. Give us a break- we deserve much better!