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# FOMO
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/fomo/
- Published: 2014-04-10T09:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-12T08:37:06.000Z
- Description: Dezeen and Space Caviar have developed a journalism machine that uses algorithms to generate news articles.
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, Technology, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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For this year’s Milan Design Week, [Dezeen](http://www.dezeen.com/?ref=protein.xyz) has teamed up with [Space Caviar](http://www.spacecaviar.net/?ref=protein.xyz), a design collective led by former Domus editor Joseph Grima, to create a journalism machine that generates news via a custom made algorithm.  
  
Called Fear Of Missing Out, aka FOMO, the smart contraption is solar-powered and combines voice recognition technology with social media scraping software to turn live speeches and tweets into articles. "FOMO is a commentary on the ever-accelerating automation of many professions, including journalism," according to Grima. "It tests the conceptual boundaries of publishing technology, questioning what the systemic and aesthetic consequences of a future of automated everything will be." The resulting printed publication will be distributed for free to anyone attending the event, while a PDF will also be available to download from Dezeen.   
  
This is not the first experiment in the algorithmic newspaper business, The Guardian and the Newspaper Club [have been previously](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/12/the-long-good-read?ref=protein.xyz) testing the waters to see what story formats would better fit readers’ needs.   

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