11.14: WARMIN UP - Hour 3

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
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another step in the process of closure for really everybody involved. Obviously,
it's a much different world for those that are still
seeking closure to a tragic situation that took a loved one,
a friend, a family member from them, because that's what
we're dealing with. Fourteen people lost their lives after last
week's plane crash. Here in Louisville, and we have heard

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here and there since the crash of those that were
missing unaccounted for, and I'm sure different. Everybody's different as
far as how you would handle that, meaning the waiting
and the fear being just unbearable as far as this
can't be a coincidence, right, I think that this person

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rather be a loved one, a friend, a colleague, whatever
it may be, or just somebody you know and that
you knew that they were probably in that area at
that time. You haven't heard from them since, and again,
those fears, I can't imagine going through it. But yesterday
was the public finding out about each and every individual,
and it just made it seem more real. I learned
yesterday one of the fourteen is somebody that I did

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not know at all, but I'm close to somebody that
does know them. And that's just the kind of thing
you get in Louisville, where you have such a big
yet small town and just a tragic situation all the
way around that will be remembered for a long long time.
And I wish I could could provide some type of

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guidance to to I just the reason I'm spending my
wheels each time we get here is because I have
no words as far as what these people may be
going through, and and thoughts and prayers to them, and
and I hope that those around the family members of
these victims, I hope the community continues to lift them
up and be there for him in any way possible,

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because that's just a that's a nightmare, to put it lightly.
But here's Mary Greenberg yesterday discussing the the the latest update.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
So as we hear these names today, let's never forget
their lives, their laughter, their love, and all that they
meant to those around them and to our entire city.
Each of these victims represents a life full of per
interrupted far too soon, and also a life that will

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never fade because we will always remember them, We will
take care of their loved ones, walk with them through grief,
and honor the lives they built by always saying their names.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
So again, fourteen people have lost their lives, and there's
others that have been impacted in a big way that
are still that are still alive. And I know I've
I've said it many times in the last week, and
I don't want to sound like a broken record, but
if you if you're somebody that that realizes you were
you were lucky and it was really just the randomness

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that comes with everyday life that led to you being
able to wake up today. You're a victim. I mean,
that's not a normal experience to go through that. That
that's that's trauma. And it may be weird to call
yourself a victim whenever innocent others are not with us,
they're dead. But that's not a normal thing to process.
And I guess everybody's got their own belief as far

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as what normal is. But if if you start to
feel a certain way and you don't really have an
explanation for it, it's probably something that it's probably related
to this. I'm not an expert by any means when
it comes to uh, psychology and and whatnot, but this
is not I mean, this is this is this is trauma.
It's a traumatic experience to go through something like that,
even if you are physically unharmed, but just the note,

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you know, knowing that it could have been you and
it wasn't. So there's resources out there for you. I thought,
really in the last couple of days, our our our
leaders here in Louisville Mary Greenberg and others have done
a good job of letting people know, you know, don't hesitate.
We've we've got we've got resources available and you can
get that information. It's pretty easy to find the number itself.
But uh yeah, there's resources out there for folks. All right,

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and I think you'll be happy you made the trip
out there, all right. So I would imagine that there
is a high percentage of our list listeners right now

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that have had children in youth sports when they were younger,
maybe currently as of right now, maybe they had their
kids in youth sports. Now they've got grandchildren in youth sports.
Youth sports is something that even if you end up
not pursuing sports when you get to like middle school
or maybe even late elementary school. I mean, it's the

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reason that there's more leagues than you can think of
when it comes to just youth soccer, youth basketball, youth baseball,
is because it's just something most parents want to get
their kids in. So the reason I bring this up
is because of a new survey that really is pretty
eye opening. But I guess really not that surprising when
it comes to the pressure that parents feel and sometimes

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put on their kids when it comes to sports. So
to give you the corny what youth sports is supposed
to be about, It's about having fun, teamwork, you know,
letting kids know what it's like to be a part
of a team. Mean, I shouldn't mock it, because there
are there there is some real good value in that.
But a lot of people when they think sports, they
think competition. They want to compete. But this new survey,

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it does tell you that that parents, I mean they
they they view this as a chance to I guess,
you know, put their kids in the pros, which is
insanely unrealistic for the vast majority of society, But there
are many that think they've got the next Patrick Mahomes,
the next Lebron James, the next Kaitlyn Clark. So sixty
eight percent of parents think their kid is an above

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average athlete. And this, this, this to me is almost scary.
And one in six people genuinely believe their child is
going to be a pro athlete. I'm one in six
people think they've got a pro athlete. And just look

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at the pure numbers. Yeah, I mean look, I'm going
to have a hard time with my kid in sports
just because I'm super competit, and I do like that.
So far, I've been naturally able to just not get
worked up or over into it, just because pleasantly surprised.
I'm pretty level headed as a grown up, you know
what I mean, Like, it's not that big of a deal,
but you know, like it to have you If you

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told me one in fifty people think that, I still
would say, yeah, well that's that. The numbers don't support
that actually playing out.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
So I saw it when I announced the games at
Saint Martha when my son was in elementary school. I
would sit up in the little where they plucked the
announcer up there and just quietly observe some parents, and
it was amazing the reaction, just not just the reactions,
some of the things they said. And I think you
and I are seeing along the same lines. Because it's
ironic you bring this up because I talked to you'll

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hear it in Kentucky Focus Sunday morning here on news
radio eight forty WHS. I ended up talking with the
folks from BSN Sports about this survey and about what
they're finding out as far as club sports, and it
was opening to say the least. Nick And you're right
to bring this up, especially in a time now where
we've got nil everybody wants it, especially if you grew

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up in household that didn't have a lot of money.
I mean, if you see that your child has an
inklining of athletic talent and that can pay off big dividends,
it gets uber competitive but sometimes scary, but.

Speaker 1 (09:18):
It really may not even be a payoff. It may
just be you getting paid back because of how much
money it has to have your kids in sports. I mean,
when it comes to just the different gear that kids
need for the different sports every year, you're looking at
three hundred and fifty to five hundred dollars plus. I mean,

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sixty four percent of parents say they're fine with the
expense because it's just part of it. And I understand
that you you're not going to take your kid out
of a sport because of a financial situation. You'll find
a way to make it work. That's really what a
lot of people do in society. You'll find a way
to make something happen if you really really want to
make it happen. Easier said than done, of course, but
you know, it's it's a lot different now than when

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I was playing youth sports thirty years ago. And I
think there's nothing wrong with wanting to have your kids
heavily involved and wanting them to compete, because there's so
much that that that you can gain from it that
has nothing to do with you ever step and foot
on a college campus to play a sport, let alone
a professional sport. I mean, I feel like youth sports,
especially when you get into high school and you really

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learn what it's like to be committed to something and
and and and be a part of a team and
go through the roller coaster with the ups and the
downs like that can that can help mold you as
a human being in a big way. I don't really
know what my life I mean, high school basketball was
my life. Basketball was my life until it wasn't when
I you know, realized, hey, it's over for me. Now,
I got to figure out something else to do. But
because I committed so much of my of my existence

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to it, it was my first way of really learning
how to put your all into something and and and
and and grow. So there's there's there's always going to
be great value for it. But I just when I
when I look at those numbers, Scott, I think of
parents living in a world to where you're you're making
all these sacrifices, you're paying all this money, maybe you're

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getting worked up at a game, and maybe you're maybe
you're being a bad parent because sports is getting in
the way. You're becoming that parent that just you know
is too much. Are you doing all that because you
think that the the the end of the line is
hearing your son or daughter's name called on Draft night,
Like that's just that that's flat out delusion. And I'm

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not telling people not to believe in their kids, because
obviously you know you should, but you need to have
a level of realistic perception and live on living reality
with the rest of us. Because even if your kid
is the best kid that's ever played at his elementary school,
the scenario where that ends up leading to him being
a pro athlete, I mean even a college athlete, the

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numbers just don't back it up. I'm not telling you
that it can happen. But if we if we end
up where parents just they're doing all of this because
of the assumption that that's what's going to pay out
in the end, that is going to be a very
disappointing process. And I'll tell you what, it's flat out
going to be unhealthy for you and your children as
far as your relationship together, because it's a financial strain.

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And if you're doing it because you just hope that
one day you get that big that you get the
big payday. I mean, and maybe it does happen for
some because clearly it will. But like the the the
percentage chances of your kid being a pro athlete, especially
when it comes to the major sports in this country, football, basketball, baseball,

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I mean, it can happen. It's not impossible. But man,
like you got just as you got just as good
as a chance of winning the lottery. And I'm not kidding,
and I'm not talking about like you know, the mega
mega millions. But still, like it's it's it's very very
hard to do. Even if your kid is really really good,
it's competitive to get opportunities. It's just I don't know
that that was disheartening to hear because I love sports

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and my kid's gonna play sports, and he plays all
of them right now, he's five years old. He loves it,
and we're just having fun right now. But I just
I get I get a little I get a little
anxious thinking about the world of just you know, super
competitive travel ball and that kind of stuff, because you know,
it just makes me uncomfortable to be honest with you
when you see parents. I mean I saw it last

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year when he played his first year flag football. I
saw parents that became versions of themselves and they were
embarrassing themselves, embarrassing their child. And their child's five years old,
but even played football or running around eating grass, absolutely
and you're getting worked up about a call from the
ref like it's yep, it's a wild world out there.

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Oh yeah.

Speaker 3 (13:39):
I saw it every weekend when my son was playing
hockey at Saint X. I mean, it wasn't just the
cost of the sport. You had the hotel rooms, the
weekend trips, the tuition to sayt X. On top of that,
it was a rough time for us as parents.

Speaker 1 (13:50):
Yeah, I'm probably gonna be the guy that pursues it
as best I can to make everything happen for my kid,
to give him the opportunity to give them the experience.
But it won't be because I'm hopeful that he hears
his name called by Adam Silver on Draft Night. It'll
be because I wanted to get the most of it
out of the experience and grow as a person, and
you know, have memories that he remembers forever. That's that's
my I guess motivation for it. But everybody's different, right,

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quick time out, don't go anywhere. Keep it locked with
us at news Radio eight forty whas has anyone ever
had the belief that they were really good at something
and then they were put to the test and they
were they were proved, it was proven that that belief
was was was delusion. What I think I'm i'd be
really good at, but I don't really know is listening

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to music and being able to tell you which songs
were real and which songs were AI generated. And maybe
maybe we set that up to see if I'm legitimate
when it comes to my beliefs or if it's if
it's nonsense. Because AI music it sounds too good, like
it sounds real, but it sounds like there's just there's

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an element missing that that just makes me think, well,
this is too perfect as far as just every component,
every every bit of the sound. And I bring this
up because not a surprise that we now have AI
music that is fooling almost everyone. So research says most
of us cannot tell the difference between music made by

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humans and music that is made entirely by AI. And
the numbers aren't even close. So there's a study that
has been done by Deezer. They tested everyday listeners across
eight countries and almost everyone failed the test. Deseer surveyed
nine thousand people in eight countries overall, so you can
think about that. That's just the numbers here. And participants

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of the nine thousand heard three clips, one human made
track in two AI generated tracks. Ninety seven percent couldn't
tell which was which. Seventy one percent were shocked by
how identical they sounded. Fifty two percent said it made
them uncomfortable not knowing what's real. Fifty one percent believe
AI will fledge streaming services with low quality music. So

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another number real quick here, sixty four percent fear AI
will hurt creativity in music production. I don't go looking
for music that is AI generated, but it's everywhere now
and a lot of it is made by people just
looking to have a you know, make a joke. But
then there are some that are learning how to utilize

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all the AI tools, and they're creating music that is
good as far as just you know, they're they're doing extensive,
extensive runs with AI to carve out like again, it's weird.
It's almost like that's now the creative process in that
in that world of music, right, you're not actually picking

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up a guitar or singing, but you're really learning how
to fine tune no pun intended, the tools that let
you create music. And this makes me want to throw
up because I'm all about utilizing AI in ways that
can help us. But there's a certain thing that if
I love the song, and I mean this, if I
love the song and then I found out it was

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a I, I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't want to
listen to it again because it isn't real, Like there's
no there's no art there. And I'm sure I'm saying
something that a lot of folks probably agree with as
far as just if you an artist is a big
part of likes. There's music that is great, but what
really separates people from being talented musicians but also and

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becoming global superstars is the individual, right. I mean, that's
a huge component to where if it was all created
on a computer with no human element at all, I
have no interest in it. Now would that mean that
I would listen to it and and think, Okay, well, hey,

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I guess I've been proven wrong. This is great. I
want to listen to more from this non existent band
that's making music. Maybe maybe one day I'll change my mind,
but I would never want to. I just have no
interest in it. It's not like I'm anti AI. It's
just that's not that's not music to me. I mean,
technically I guess it is, but it's not. And I
hope you know what I mean when I say that.
So also, maybe I'm totally wrong. Maybe I'll test myself

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at some point and take some kind of quiz and
see how I do. Because I feel like it's it's
to me really noticeable just because of how how perfect
the arrangement is. There's no like this. I know somebody
who is a is an audio engineer, A mix music
and it's what they do for a living, and it's
a it's a huge part of the process of music

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production that a lot of people never think about understandably so,
but without a mixing engineer, your best, your best singer,
your favorite artist wouldn't sound the way they sound, and
they'll tell you there's no perfect mix that's ever been done.
People who do that can listen to they can listen
to music that they've mixed, and if they really, if

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they really didn't have the if they didn't understand just
that you're never going to find the perfect mix, then
then they would literally work on the same song for
the rest of their life. I mean, that's silly hypothetical,
But my point is there's something with an AI that
does give you the perfect mix to where there's just
it sounds too good to actually be real. And I
don't mean the voice sounds too good or it's just

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the best thing you've ever heard. It's just to me,
it's artificial, and that's what that's what stands out, and
I think it stands out pretty boldly in whatever genre
you're listening to. But again, maybe maybe I'm a fool.
Maybe I would take the test and I would say, yeah,
that's real. I can tell and I'm wrong. Maybe maybe
I'll quiz myself at some point.

Speaker 3 (19:39):
Well, it's funny. It's funny how music does so well
with AI. But AI generated images are so fake like
TikTok is. So like you can immediately spot the fake
AI videos on TikTok which are becoming a problem now,
and oh.

Speaker 1 (19:50):
No doubt, And I shouldn't be this way, but I'm
just being honest with you. I think differently of certain
people when I realize how gullible they are. I don't
think that they're bad humans, but like, I'm stunned by
people who visually see something and then think about what
it is they are looking at, and two things when
it looks fake, also like it's not believable, and they

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share it without any any thought of could this be
somebody just you know, be a knucklehead on the internet.
So I mean, I shouldn't be mean like that, but
I mean it's it's use your brain people. Yep, you
have one for a reason at homework. And it's prevalent too.
I guess the more awareness of how rampant fake stuff is,

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the more people will be mindful of considering is this
real or not?

Speaker 2 (20:35):
All right?

Speaker 1 (20:36):
Stick with us tracking on weather updates on the way,
I want to revisit our conversation about delusional parents when
it comes to their kids playing sports. I got a
lot of feedback when we talked about it earlier, and
I've got some numbers that will further put it in
perspective as far as just how if you're a parent,
you may have the best athlete you've ever seen that
is your kid. The scenario where they become a pro,
the odds of it are just insane. So again, we'll

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get to that and a lot more as we move
along at news Radio eight forty WHS