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Mar 29, 2025
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happyhiker
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Disagree. Coaches would have to adjust to the same standard. Can't complain
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Fully AI refs. Consistent. Absolutely fair always. Thoughts?
happyhiker
Mar 29, 11:00am
Technology is not even close to being there yet.
cougarfann888
Mar 29, 11:01am
Not for basketball or football by a long shot
mudpupper
Mar 29, 11:08am
Football would be easier than basketball for sure
ABCoug
Mar 29, 12:18pm
Wrong
ABCoug
Mar 29, 12:17pm
As person fairly involved with AI development in a few different sectors
mudpupper
Mar 29, 12:53pm
What tech is missing?
ABCoug
Mar 29, 2:19pm
RE: Fully AI refs. Consistent. Absolutely fair always. Thoughts?
DieHarder
Mar 29, 11:04am
If I’m a billionaire techy, I’d put so much money towards this.
Kdubb
Mar 29, 11:07am
I agree. But the algorithms aren’t there yet. We’re trending in that direction,
Warner
Mar 29, 11:11am
The arguments would then shift to the settings for the AI refs. Coaches
tevye
Mar 29, 11:09am
Superstars would HATE the AI ref system. No more porcelain doll treatment.
Kajdin
Mar 29, 11:37am
Disagree. Coaches would have to adjust to the same standard. Can't complain
happyhiker
Mar 29, 11:55am
When you look at payouts of playoffs and tournaments teams, conferences, owners
Tio
Mar 29, 11:59am
I've thought about this alot.....
Tio
Mar 29, 11:21am
You think all that equipment and the crew to support and debug it would be cheaper than just human refs?
CSoul
Mar 29, 11:26am
As kdubb said above; all it would take is one billionaire to fund and sell.
Tio
Mar 29, 11:54am
Tech has barely been able to call balls out in tennis. Not in your lifetime.
CSoul
Mar 29, 11:25am
Trouble with AI is it inherits biases of training data. Basically it will still
seacougar
Mar 29, 11:31am
Cameras are dirt cheap for what would be needed for this purpose
ABCoug
Mar 29, 12:15pm
We can't even get cameras for end zone reviews. Positioning and angles in sports is everything with refs.
CSoul
Mar 29, 12:28pm
Yes, that’s the easy part. Correct training data is the challenge.
seacougar
Mar 29, 1:50pm
It will still make bad calls but you’ll have no one to yell at
maxpowers
Mar 29, 11:43am
Can you imagine all the flop calls upfront? It would be a thing of beauty!!!!
Tio
Mar 29, 11:56am
As funny as people think this is, it’s probably the future
ABCoug
Mar 29, 12:14pm
It is the future but we aren't close enough today
mudpupper
Mar 29, 12:51pm
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