Artificial Intelligence in Sports

[TexanMark]

My Hot Take
AI will start taking over much bigger portions of athletic training and game planning over the next two years.

 

[donniesyracuse]

My Hot Take
AI will start taking over much bigger portions of athletic training and game planning over the next two years.

That is not very hot

 

[TexanMark]

I wonder how much and how fast Cuse will adopt?

 

[javadoc]

I wonder how much and how fast Cuse will adopt?

I wonder if the play calling won’t be done by people any more. And if there will be any attempt to limit the use of AI on game day. Like kids having to leave all their electronics outside on test day.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Our players don't read scouting reports now.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Anyone who hasn't embraced Ai yet is falling behind the times. What will be interesting, and it's probably already happening in some countries, but elementary school education will probably be totally revamped. How much, besides the real basics will people need to know. Computers will do all the thinking for them. I'm glad I grew up when I did, but I'm also envious of the future.

And, I knew I would never have any use for quadratic equations.

 

[donniesyracuse]

I wonder how much and how fast Cuse will adopt?

I would hope they already have

 

[OrangeXtreme]

You can keep your HAL9000 and your Skynet.

AI scares the crap out of me. Too many things to go wrong.

 

[Marsh01]

You can keep your HAL9000 and your Skynet.

AI scares the crap out of me. Too many things to go wrong.

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Agreed. I loathe AI

 

[donniesyracuse]

Agreed. I loathe AI

There are many concerns, but it is here to stay.

 

[hoopsupstate]

There’s been examples of High School player highlight tapes being altered by AI. Maybe what we watch is not actually real? Interesting.

 

[HtownOrange]

I read the thread name and thought this thread was going to bash SEC football and basketball players academic prowess.

On a serious note, the single biggest issue with AI is the same issue computers always have had and always will have, Garbage in, Garbage out. I use AI but we have to review everything and certify the use at certain levels because there are inaccuracies.

Even when we choose our own select data and create our own databases we still receive a less than perfect response. Don't get me wrong, it can be a time saver, but it is not a safe crutch. Rather, AI is a tool, know what it is good for, use it and use other tools to make a great product. AI is not a one stop shop for everything.

 

[phreddie]

Anyone who hasn't embraced Ai yet is falling behind the times. What will be interesting, and it's probably already happening in some countries, but elementary school education will probably be totally revamped. How much, besides the real basics will people need to know. Computers will do all the thinking for them. I'm glad I grew up when I did, but I'm also envious of the future.

And, I knew I would never have any use for quadratic equations.

Insane take.

Schooling isn't an "information dump". It's supposed to teach you how to learn. Sure, you may not have to use quadratic equations specifically in your life, but the process of learning how makes your brain capable of grasping other concepts easier. Drives me nuts when people ignorantly use the, "Why do I have learn this, I'm never going to use it" excuse to justify their laziness.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Insane take.

Schooling isn't an "information dump". It's supposed to teach you how to learn. Sure, you may not have to use quadratic equations specifically in your life, but the process of learning how makes your brain capable of grasping other concepts easier. Drives me nuts when people ignorantly use the, "Why do I have learn this, I'm never going to use it" excuse to justify their laziness.

Maybe I generalized things a bit much, but Ai is only in its infancy and so many people are using it as a crutch to write documents, etc because they "were never good at it". Or, like you said, just being lazy.

I'm not sure how old you are, but I learned how to do certain math functions on a slide rule because hand held calculators weren't invented yet. Then, Texas Instruments came out with their math calculators in the late 70's and it could do a lot for you.

Like I said, I'm envious of the future. It will be amazing what the next 20 years of technology will bring.

 

[phreddie]

Maybe I generalized things a bit much, but Ai is only in its infancy and so many people are using it as a crutch to write documents, etc because they "were never good at it". Or, like you said, just being lazy.

I'm not sure how old you are, but I learned how to do certain math functions on a slide rule because hand held calculators weren't invented yet. Then, then Texas Instruments came out with their math calculators in the late 70's and it could do a lot for you.

Like I said, I'm envious of the future. It will be amazing what the next 20 years of technology will bring.

Slide rules & calculators are tools. Hopefully AI will be used the same way; as a way to help someone learn, as opposed to a replacement for learning.

 

[javadoc]

Maybe I generalized things a bit much, but Ai is only in its infancy and so many people are using it as a crutch to write documents, etc because they "were never good at it". Or, like you said, just being lazy.

I'm not sure how old you are, but I learned how to do certain math functions on a slide rule because hand held calculators weren't invented yet. Then, then Texas Instruments came out with their math calculators in the late 70's and it could do a lot for you.

Like I said, I'm envious of the future. It will be amazing what the next 20 years of technology will bring.

I'm a high level hybrid software engineer / lead / dev mgr and could relate some war stories about how AI has invaded that space, from personal experience. Suffice it to say that it makes some things quick and easy and saves time, for sure. But in general I don't like it, and can't shake the feeling that at the least, my kids are inheriting a scary world with sci-fi style existential threats to their lives.

 

[bnoro]

There's more time spent correcting mistakes made by AI than time saved by using it.

It's all a scam sold to you by corporations that have no idea how to monetize it and the bubble is going to pop very soon.

The people that don't use AI are actually going to be far ahead of those that do, because they actually will use their brains. I already have coworkers whose first response to a question is "what does chatgpt say"? Their brains are cooked and it's been less than a year.

 

[Doc5120]

There's more time spent correcting mistakes made by AI than time saved by using it.

It's all a scam sold to you by corporations that have no idea how to monetize it and the bubble is going to pop very soon.

The people that don't use AI are actually going to be far ahead of those that do, because they actually will use their brains. I already have coworkers whose first response to a question is "what does chatgpt say"? Their brains are cooked and it's been less than a year.

This is my biggest worry, too! "I don't know the answer. Don't have time to research or try and figure it out on my own. Let me ask the computer."

Literally saw this play out the other day, when a co-worker didn't know how to pull data so they went the AI route and didn't get it right. Nevermind, at this point, that person should understand how to gather the data on their own using the software we have available to us. And this person is over 50, so it's not like it's a 20 or 30 something. It definitely makes me worry where we're headed.

 

[DoctahLexus]

Oh no. How will we ever stay ahead without learning to use AI?? We need training! We need to learn how to type into chat gpt “make me a super good training plan for an athlete. Like a really super good one.” If we don’t learn how to do that we are screwed!

 

[cusefan88]

As I've said in other threads, the useful applications of AI is quite small at the moment but I'll concede some of the coding/engineering functions have promise.

Most of it (especially LLM) is utter garbage and bad for society.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Everything created by, or with the help of, AI should be labeled as such. That’s my hot take.

I’ve used AI in a lot of different applications - finance, marketing and promotion & just for fun. Taken some courses to learn how to generate worthwhile prompts so I do get a passable product.

The problem I have is that all the tools we’ve introduced to the internet are only taking our time and attention away from the real world (this board included.) Our greatest value as human beings is our in person, interactive experience. That’s how we all got here don’t ya know!

One time I read that when one group of native Americans were provided with farming implements they used them to reduce the amount of time to create crops. The settlers thought the natives would grow more crops and sell them. They didn’t, they just got their work done more efficiently and quickly so they had more time to recreate. I used to think that was a dumb approach but now I appreciate it greatly.

 

[FasterCuse]

There's more time spent correcting mistakes made by AI than time saved by using it.

It's all a scam sold to you by corporations that have no idea how to monetize it and the bubble is going to pop very soon.

The people that don't use AI are actually going to be far ahead of those that do, because they actually will use their brains. I already have coworkers whose first response to a question is "what does chatgpt say"? Their brains are cooked and it's been less than a year.

They'll monetize it the same way Microsoft has monetized Windows and Office products. By charging large corporations an insane amount of money for licensing fees. What I do think will happen is a consolidation in the space where you'll only have 1 to 2 players in the long run with everyone else falling off. The consolidation coupled with computer chips getting more efficient and Moore's law will allow them to reduce costs and become profitable. As much as we hate it, AI or some form of it isn't going away any time soon. Just like robotics in the manufacturing industry replaced blue collar works, AI will replace white collar workers in the back office.

 

[TexanMark]

AI is making exponential growth

We should hit Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) within the next 12-18 months.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a hypothetical, advanced form of AI that matches or exceeds human cognitive abilities across virtually any task. Unlike current "narrow" AI, AGI can learn, reason, adapt, and apply knowledge across diverse, unfamiliar domains without specific, upfront programming.

 

[bnoro]

They'll monetize it the same way Microsoft has monetized Windows and Office products. By charging large corporations an insane amount of money for licensing fees. What I do think will happen is a consolidation in the space where you'll only have 1 to 2 players in the long run with everyone else falling off. The consolidation coupled with computer chips getting more efficient and Moore's law will allow them to reduce costs and become profitable. As much as we hate it, AI or some form of it isn't going away any time soon. Just like robotics in the manufacturing industry replaced blue collar works, AI will replace white collar workers in the back office.

Regardless of them adding it into those functions, it will not ever make enough profit to justify the investment. It will go away no matter how many people say "it's going to replace white collar workers". It literally cannot do that.

Data centers poisoning people and raising energy costs is also a massive strain on resources and cannot continue. Excited for the day the people take it into their own hands.

 

[SUFan44]

Regardless of them adding it into those functions, it will not ever make enough profit to justify the investment. It will go away no matter how many people say "it's going to replace white collar workers". It literally cannot do that.

Data centers poisoning people and raising energy costs is also a massive strain on resources and cannot continue. Excited for the day the people take it into their own hands.

There are a lot of factors at play, but AI can help create efficiencies at work. Can help formatting things in ways that would take hours otherwise. Yes, you'll need to review and edit, and if it doesn't spit out the info the way you want it, you'll need to do it again. But there are many ways that AI can be beneficial.

Do I worry about overreliance? Absolutely. And I would guess many people will lose their jobs. Then middle to upper management will be left holding the bag after those cost-savings measures are done, due to the fact that there will be things not done properly and there will need to be some sort of gatekeeping.

As with a lot of things, in moderation it can be beneficial. Overindulgence can create many problems.