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Jennipod Episode 22: Would Terminator Robots Make Better Sports Refs Than Humans?
• NBA referees earn up to $550,000 annually, with NHL refs ($430,000 max), MLB umpires ($450,000 max), and NFL referees ($205,000 average) also making substantial salaries
• Speculation about AI potentially replacing quality assurance jobs and how robots might handle tasks requiring HIPAA compliance
• Amazon testing humanoid robots for package delivery in their electric Rivian vans raises questions about robot driver's licenses and insurance
• A new dialect called "Miami English" is emerging in southern Florida, blending English and Spanish into phrases like "get down from the car"
• College tuition has increased dramatically, with Miami University's in-state costs rising from $13,000 in 2004 to approximately $36,000 today
• Trade schools offer more affordable education options (average $15,000/year) with faster entry into specific careers and practical skills
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What's up everyone. Welcome to episode 22 of JennaPod. I'm Jennifer, I'm your host. This is my shindig. Today is Tuesday, june 10th. Sorry, this episode is late. Thank you to my two fans who were like where is it? I've had family in town and maybe I'm kind of lazy, I don't know, but I'm doing it now.
Speaker 1:How is June treating us? It's humid as hell in Nashville. I will never live further south than I do now unless I can walk out to a lake, an ocean, out to a lake, an ocean or a pool. Hope my husband is listening to this. The humidity is like 94%, aka.
Speaker 1:Why even attempt to fix your hair? I finished season one of Paradise on Hulu. Eight episodes only took me about two months. It's one of those shows that started off really strong, lost me in the middle and then ended really good. Do we think there are current billionaires building underground bunker cities for all of the important people? I don't think I'd make the list of important people to save, but that's okay.
Speaker 1:As I have mentioned, I am not rebuilding society and I also don't want to live in a weird fake post-apocalyptic Pleasantville situation either. Unless I am designated with running the pet store, I'll do that, but it's only puppies and kittens. I am not taking care of amphibians because there was another snake on my property, this time in the backyard, and my German short-haired pointer alerted us to it. He was kind of nipping at it and jumping around. Thank God my husband was home, because he went and got a shovel and put the snake over the fence. No, we didn't smush or kill it. I know snakes be eating some critters, yeah, yeah, circle of life, etc. Being in my middle ages, though, I would cry if we murdered a snake. I saw a post about Steve Irwin recently recently, and damn how great was that dude. My dad and I loved watching the Crocodile Hunter. So if my husband is out of town and there is a third snake, maybe I just need to start acting like I'm filming a documentary talk in an Australian accent and just keep screaming crikey until I get the snake out of my yard. But if I do get into the billionaire bunker, you bet your ass I am sneaking dino DNA. And someone bring that Asian scientist from Jurassic Park who brought back all the dinosaurs. Sure, he's an actor, but maybe a method actor and actually knows how to make dinosaurs.
Speaker 1:After 32 years since the first film was released, my college roommate, lauren aka Lahoran, in reference to my talk about refs in the last episode, said at a volleyball tournament two years ago, the girls at the score table kept not paying attention and the score was wrong. Parents were getting heated and the ref yelled over to them the score doesn't matter. I don't know about you, gary, but I didn't drive two hours away from home for nothing, girl, if a ref said the score didn't matter, I would explode with sass. When I sucked at roughing beer volleyball, I knew the score was hella important. That's literally sports. Someone wins and someone loses.
Speaker 1:According to casinoorg and followfollowcom, nba referees are among the highest paid officials in sports, with top referees earning salaries up to $550,000 and an average salary around $375,000. Well hell, get me out of referee retirement and put me in coach. You think it's because they have to run up and down the court 100 times a game. Hashtag fitness Casinoorg also had some other info. Base salaries for National Hockey League refs range from $200,000 up to $430,000. Mlb umpires averaged $235,000, with the highest paid ump making $450,000. Next is European soccer. Who cares? Ha ha? The NFL has never officially released referee salary information, but it was reported in 2019 that referees made an average of $205,000 per season, but what they have like 16 weeks a year.
Speaker 1:I assume a ref just does one game a weekend. Does anyone know the answer to that? But this is when I wish I had an assistant here in the studio and I could be like hey, bob, can you go ahead and break down the number of games a season versus salary and see who ends up at the top? I love spreadsheets, but not enough to do that work for you all. And yes, all those refs are making additional money during playoffs and if you get to ref the Super Bowl you must be rolling in the cheddar but also you're probably getting death threats because people are insane.
Speaker 1:Also, from the last podcast I had a couple friends say they have never been to Buc-ee's and would never go. I mean, wow, not even once. Give Buc-ee's a chance. At this point I don't think I'll be passing a Buc-ee's until like September, I'm not sure. Tbd, listen, I like a good Love's truck stop. They've got good snacks. I get the little grilled chicken and some hard-boiled eggs. Did anyone else discover they have binocular vision dysfunction? I also forgot to mention if I go see a high-action movie in the movie theater, I also have to take Dramamine for that. How much can I milk my BVD? Is this something I have to disclose when interviewing for a job? Is this something I can claim disability on? No Fine, I'll just sit around until AI takes over my job.
Speaker 1:I'm in quality assurance and my husband heard on a podcast that AI will eventually take over quality assurance. But then I thought how does the old AI and HIPAA work? For those of you that don't know, hipaa stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. According to the CDC, it is a US law that was enacted in 1996 that establishes standards for protecting sensitive health information and ensures the confidentiality of patients' medical records. Assures the confidentiality of patients' medical records. So this is like when you go to your primary doctor like hey, something weird is growing on my butt, and then the doctor can't go to the bar afterward and discuss you by name. Like hey, everyone, jennifer has something weird growing on her butt and scene. Accountablehqcom and Foleycom said the integration of AI in healthcare raises important compliance concerns, as AI tools must handle protected health information PHI in accordance with HIPAA regulations regulations to ensure data and privacy, as many do.
Speaker 1:I work in a database and I'm the one who is designated to go in and find the things that are out of compliance. Because of my role in my subcontractors, I end up sitting through three HIPAA trainings a year. Fantastic, imagine if an internet robot was allowed to go into my database and tell me everything that was missing or wrong, and then I tell it to email everyone that has shit that is wrong in the database. Sounds like a dream. Are you all out there currently using AI at work? We aren't at all. Boo, I did end up looking it up, and the Tesla robot known as Optimus is expected to cost between $ Next year. What? Now back to refs. Robots could totally take over that, with extra cameras set up analyzing plays, and then you dress the robot as Arnold Schwarzenegger from the Terminator. Ain't nobody yelling at the goddamn Terminator?
Speaker 1:This week on Twitter, raw Alerts tweeted that Amazon is preparing to test their humanoid robots for package delivery. The robots may ride in Amazon's more than 20,000 electric Rivian vans and deliver packages. Now wait a damn second. Do these robots have to have valid driver's license? Do they have to get the real ID? Does the robot have to go to the DMV every 8 to 10 years to get an updated license? Just imagine standing in line for 4 hours with a robot and the small talk like this weather right.
Speaker 1:40,000 Americans die in wrecks a year Awful. Some people think future generations will find this wild because we will all be in autonomous cars and no one will ever drive again. I'm in At my assisted living. I plan to have a cute young personal driver who takes me to appointments and the club. If a robot or robot car gets in a wreck, how are the police handling this? How is an insurance company handling this? Don't you dare road trade with Gary, the Terminator-esque volunteer robot ref. He's sick of traffic too. Robot Gary would rather be traveling in a Waymo on the way to the fields. I love it when you all are posting that you are in a Waymo on Instagram. I feel like I'm watching a Tom Cruise movie If you live on Mars, haha and didn't know. Waymo, formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Care Project, formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Care Project, is an American autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, california. Currently in the US, they are operating in Phoenix, san Fran, silicon Valley, los Angeles, austin and Miami.
Speaker 1:If I was downtown Nashville and had a couple cocktails, I'd be fine with a driverless car taking me home. I've never had a bad Uber experience. Well, with my BVD I can't be in the back seat and sometimes the drivers won't let you in the front seat and that is why I take Dramamine. But as a girly it is an odd feeling to get into a car with a stranger man. I don't think I've been drunk in an Uber by myself in five years. Give me a damn crown. My cousin is a drunk driving defense lawyer in Michigan and he was telling me that drunk driving stats were at an all-time high post-COVID because everyone that was driving lost their jobs and had to go do something else. I also live in Nashville, where there is an abundance of Ubers. Not all towns are like this.
Speaker 1:This is an anti-drinking and driving podcast. Just take the damn Uber or call me. I am in bed by 8 30 pm ona Saturday night because I am lame. If you recall, a couple episodes ago I discussed the English language, from hieroglyphics to all the slang we have. Now this week on Instagram I'm going to I came across a post from Hashem Al-Ghali, I don't know, and it showed a picture of the earth and said Linguists say a new language dialect is emerging in the United States.
Speaker 1:The information about the topic came from an article in ScientificAmericacom by Philip M Carter and the Conversation by Philip M Carter and the Conversation. The article states a new dialect, known as Miami English, is emerging in southern Florida, blending English and Spanish into a unique form of communication. This evolving dialect is the result of decades of immigration, particularly from Cuba, and the region's strong Hispanic and Latino cultural presence. Linguists at Florida International University have studied this phenomenon, noting how Spanish phrases are directly translated into English, such as saying get down from the car instead of get out of the car. Professor Philip M Carter argues no dialect should be seen as inferior, especially when it emerges from the natural and beautiful evolution of human communication. Now, I have never used Google Translate. Does it kind of populate word for word or does it actually grammatically like do the sentence right? Does that make sense? Other phrases that may sound off are we got down from the car and went inside. I made the line to pay for groceries. He made a party to celebrate his son's birthday, so nothing major.
Speaker 1:The article goes on to say whether you're an English speaker living in Miami or elsewhere, chances are you don't know where the words you know and use come from. You're probably aware that a limited number of words usually foods such as sriracha or croissant are borrowed from other languages. But borrowed words are far more pervasive than you might think. They're all over English vocabulary Pajamas from Hindi, gazelle from Arabic via French and tsunami from Japan via French and tsunami from Japan. Borrowed words usually come from the minds and mouths of bilingual speakers, who end up moving between different cultures and places. When the contact takes place over an extended period of time decades, generations or longer the structure of the languages in question may begin to influence one another and the speakers can begin to share each other's vocabulary.
Speaker 1:I recall in college, one of my gerontology professors had a term and I can't, for the life of me, remember what it was called for when in history, for example, someone made a chair and they called it a chair, and then everyone was like cool, that's a chair and we will always call it a chair. And I found that really interesting, like how all these kids are saying Riz. Now, riz came around in 2021 by a gentleman named Kai Sanat who was streaming on Twitch. Riz comes from the word charisma. The word Riz was named the Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year for 2023. So in 1.5 years it became Word of the Year the power of social media the worst and best thing to ever happen. I made up the word genipod. I hope it doesn't turn into bad slang like oh my god, jessica, you are so genipod.
Speaker 1:My nephew is in town and attended Belmont University's college prep boys soccer camp. He loves soccer and would love to play past high school. Now, as I have mentioned, I don't know soccer and I don't know if he is good and he's a defensive player, and that's even harder to decipher. I mean, in my opinion, as someone who knows nothing about soccer, I think he looks great. We took a tour of campus and I was like well, I want to go back to college. We know the first round didn't go that great academically, but second round, I can use artificial intelligence. No, not to cheat, but like, here are my notes in the book. Make me some flashcards, Mr Robot.
Speaker 1:Then, as I was walking around, I was like how much does it cost to go to college in 2025? Well, I tell ya it's expensive as shit. I mean, it's always been expensive, but now it's mega expensive. If you happen to go to college, go ahead and look up your graduating years money totals compared to 2025 money totals. So I looked it up in 2000. Wait yeah, I graduated college in 2024. In 2004, the annual tuition for Miami University in-state was $13,000. These days it's about $36,000. That's ridiculous. The total for private colleges around here for a year is more than I make in a year at my government job. Kids don't go into social services. If you want to make a lot of money, go into sales. I know AI isn't always accurate, but the average cost of trade school is $15,000 a year, with a range of $4,200 to $25,000.
Speaker 1:According to bestcollegescom, trade school programs are designed to be completed quickly, typically in a few months to two years, and you can enroll immediately following high school or after gaining some work experience. Immediately following high school or after gaining some work experience. Unlike traditional colleges, trade schools offer hands-on training to prepare students for immediate entry into the workforce. They bypass the broad theory-based education provided by colleges and instead focus on imparting practical the word practical knowledge related to the specific trade or profession. Trade schools include programs like carpentry, cdl, computer information systems, it, cosmetology, criminal justice, culinary arts, electrical, hvac, mechanic-auto mechanic, medical assisting, welding and wellness massage. Until the Terminator robot can do my makeup, your trade is safe. So what are y'all going to do with your kiddos? College, trade, school Stripping? Either way, Godspeed to your credit card and life savings.
Speaker 1:Y'all see that zebra that was running around loose here in Tennessee and then was airlifted like a little baby in the air from a helicopter. The couple who owned it had only had the zebra for one day. Like got it on a Thursday and this thing was like bah. On Friday I would be so embarrassed. The news would come to my house and be like is that your zebra? Eh, I don't think so. Not mine. Why the hell do we have a zebra zebra in Rutherford County? Zebras cost between $3,000 and $10,000. But also, if I show up to your house and you have a zebra, that will impress me more than your Birkin handbag. All right, y'all. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
