The Schloss-Blog has noticed that Phoenix' population is up but the Columbus Dispatch's use of AI is not.
And here's why.
The Gannett-owned Dispatch published a wrap-up story that sounded like it had been spit out by - well - a computer.
Actually, AI put out a story based on statistics only and it sounded like it. The story had no human-touch elements or first-hand observations whatsoever. The snappy first sentence read:
- "The Worthington Christian [[WINNING_TEAM_MASCOT]] defeated the Westerville North [[LOSING_TEAM_MASCOT]] 2-1 in an Ohio boys soccer game on Saturday."
Career sportswriter that I am, this kinda' ticked me off.
The Dispatch has since suspended use of AI for such purposes, despite the requirement that AI-generated content must have facts and accuracy verified first.
Maybe someone should make sure first that AI knows what soccer is.
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So, while AI might be down, the population of Phoenix is up. It went up by some 20,000 between between 2021 and 2022.
What hasn't kept up is housing in Phoenix. Average cost of rent in Phoenix is $1,588 a month for a whopping 806 square feet.
That would require a minimum salary of $56,836 a year, or about $8,000 less than what you earn at minimum wage ($13.85).
So, for all of you who have run to Phoenix during and since the pandemic seeking greener pastures, make sure the job you land pays a decent wage.
If you want to keep 806 square feet over your head, that is.
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If you've been watching the U.S. Open Tennis, and it's been fabulous, you probably heard that there are 10 working moms in the women's draw.
Ten.
And why shouldn't it be. This is excellent and exciting news.
Caroline Wozniacki has been a sheer delight to watch, her two toddlers in tow. And as Pam Shriver and Mary Jo Fernandez, calling one of her matches, said on TV of the body suit she was wearing, "She's rocking it."
And her opponent.
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Speaking of the U.S. Open, no American man has won it or any other tennis major since Andy Roddick turned the trick in 2003.
Twenty years ago.
Speaks to the status of men's professional tennis in the United States.
Francis Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, we need you.
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Couldn't help but notice that when Donald Trump was booked in NY, he checked in at a reported 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds.
When he did the same in Atlanta, it was reported he was 6-2 and 215.
Is he self-reporting, or what?
I'll go with the former.
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College Football Game Day is back on ESPN.
Who cares?
The only thing remotely interesting is the game picks with a celebrity.
Otherwise, Pat McAfee's clown show, Gene Wojciechowski's weekly celebration of an athlete who has overcome adversity and students who sneak signs in that violate decency standards make this show only worth watching for Big & Rich's opening song and the picks at the end.
Three hours that I refuse to give to ESPN. Almost as bad as Sports Center and all the shoulder NFL programming on the network constantly asking, "Is this the year for the Cowboys?"
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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