Real-Time Fact Checking With "Truth Teller" 149
The Washington Post has announced a prototype news application called "Truth Teller", that displays “TRUE" or “FALSE” in real time next to video of politicians as they speak. The Knight Foundation-funded program automatically transcribes speeches and checks the statements against a database of facts. From the article: "For now, the early beta prototype has to be manually hand-fed some facts, and thus only works on topics it has been specifically designed to recognize. Since Congress has yet to pass a budget, and financial discussions are prone to widespread lies and misstatements, Truth Teller is being piloted on the issue of tax policy."
Check truth in political speech (Score:5, Funny)
So basically they've made a static page with the word "FALSE" on it.
I have one already (Score:4, Funny)
... it's a sticker that reads "bullshit", you slap it on the screen permanently.
Joke aside, who will debunk the dunkers ? Everything we know is false, for vaster and more elaborate definitions of "false" as science progresses.
Re:Check truth in political speech (Score:2, Funny)
Simple. Record a video of someone claiming it is reliable. If it says "FALSE" it isn't.