THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: This content is SC-generated, not AI-generated

If I were a betting man …

Wait!

I AM a betting man, and therefore I’ve been wondering how to approach this Super Bowl.

Sure, you can simply puzzle it out and try to pick a winner, but there are also about a zillion “proposition bets” — everything from who will score the first touchdown to which team wins the coin toss.

One of my favorites over the years is whether or not there will be a safety in the game.

That one pays pretty good odds.

Jeff Stoneback, director of trading for BetMGM, said the odds of a safety happening in Super Bowl LVII is +750, which means you’re betting $10 to win $85.

The Seahawks actually were involved in one of the all-time wagers that delivered a rapid rush of blood, when their Super Bowl victory over Denver following the 2013 season BEGAN with a safety.

"I remember seeing many 200-1 bet slips for a safety on the first play," said Jacob Blangsted-Barnor, FOX Bet commercial manager.

"We definitely see more action on safeties in the big game as a result of that play."

You don’t even have to wait for kickoff to start throwing money around.

You can bet the over/under on the length of the National Anthem.

It’s generally around two minutes, but I’m always thinking 1:59.6 — which was Secretariat’s record winning time in the classic 1973 Kentucky Derby.

ANYHOW …

I thought that this year, with the huge advancements in the use of AI for all sorts of purposes, maybe I could get some help from a genius in the world of algorithms.

Perhaps there are some microchips that know whether Patrick Mahomes will see Travis Kelce open over the middle on the first series.

Or that there is some odd mathematical certainty that can predict the final score.

And hey …

What do you know?

It turns out that a marketing firm — no doubt believing I do some completely different sort of journalism — offered to set me up to interview a gentleman named Dmitry Shapiro.

He’s the founder and CEO of Koji, which is described as an innovative commerce platform which is disrupting the creator economy.

In my world, a disruptor is a fierce, fast edge rusher who won’t give quarterbacks time to throw.

See, this tech stuff is weird.

OK, it turns out Dmitry and I really had nothing to talk about, since his pet platform Koji is intended basically to create marketing content that can be used within existing communications devices — like Instagram and TikTok.

I’m not peddling anything on Instagram at the moment, and besides, I’m still betting (in addition to the Super Bowl) on the fact that I could write more incisive stuff than any AI device that’s ever been created.

Mr. Shapiro clearly doesn’t believe that.

His wager is on some non-human gizmo that can out-think us (nah!), but mostly get work done faster (probably).

HERE’S THE pitch from Dmitry, who almost certainly considers me a dinosaur from an age before …

Before …

I don’t know.

Before Taylor Swift?

Here are a few of Dmitry’s thoughts on my lifelong work …

“One way in which generative AI will impact the creator economy is by making it possible for non-experts to create high-quality content.

“With tools like text and image generation, it will be possible for people with little to no experience in a particular field to produce content that is indistinguishable from that produced by experts.”

Oh, really?

So, AI can just step in and instantly soak up a career’s worth of institutional knowledge?

And background?

Dmitry thinks I’m toast, despite all I’ve learned and everything that’s been stored.

Yep.

“Generative AI also poses a threat to the livelihood of creators,” he said, ominously.

“As AI-generated content becomes more sophisticated, it may become difficult to distinguish it from human-generated content.

“This could lead to a decrease in demand for human-generated content, and ultimately, fewer opportunities for creators to monetize their work.”

GET PAID, in other words?

Well, let me toss you this, Mr. Shapiro …

Generate the Seahawks’ answer to their quarterback puzzle.

Pay Geno?

Draft a rookie?

Both?

(And please explain AI’s reasoning, in NFL terminology, so John Schneider can pass it on to the rest of us.)

Better yet, just pick up the phone and tell Mark Few how Gonzaga should play Aidan Mahaney in the rematch against Saint Mary’s.

The best thing that Jasper AI and ChatGPT and all their cousins have going for them is that they don’t have to worry about being fired.

Or maybe they do.

Good.

Email: scameron@cdapress.com

Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press four times each week, normally Tuesday through Friday unless, you know, stuff happens.

Steve suggests you take his opinions in the spirit of a Jimmy Buffett song: “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On.”