Last week, Sports Illustrated parent company The Arena Holdings announced that they were laying off a bunch of people.

And then in a totally unrelated note announced they were hiring everyone's favorite journalist: A.I. Algorithm.

Ross Levinsohn, Chairman and CEO of The Arena Group, said,

While AI will never replace journalism, reporting, or crafting and editing a story, rapidly improving AI technologies can create enterprise value for our brands and partners. By leveraging these proprietary tools, we believe all those who create content on our platform will find opportunities to reach consumers in new ways.

I'm not an expert, but it sure seems to me that they're replacing some journalists, reporters, and editors with AI.

I'm also no AI algorithm, and you can tell because I'm couching these claims in uncertainty. If I were a more confident journalist like AI, I'd make up a source to back up my claims.

I can't wait to see the mockery when a sports-reporting AI publishes an article with the wrong stats for something important like the NBA playoffs.

Then the bots will have to throw down with our sports reporter Hamilton Porter.