Artificial Intelligence in Sports

[bnoro]

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.

Pivot tables and vlookup can already do most of what I need, and do it the way I want it. Generative AI is pointless.

Institutional knowledge is something AI will never have.

 

[upperdeck]

So you have a job that requires 2 people, AI means it can get done with 1. So you cut back to 1 and now when ever that one is gone or leaves now you have none and no one to train that one you bring in to replace them with.

Its been going on for years with staffing cuts and cost savings long before AI.

kinda like SU had one QB and didnt have a great plan for when that didnt happen.

 

[FasterCuse]

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.

This I 100% agree with. Something within the US infrastructure needs to change. Unfortunately, our government, federal and state, aren't quick at making decisions, and any decisions that are made may be too little too late for your average citizen. Eventually, something has to give as the majority of citizens were already living paycheck to paycheck prior to the huge spike in utility costs.

 

[upperdeck]

Pivot tables and vlookup can already do most of what I need, and do it the way I want it. Generative AI is pointless.

Institutional knowledge is something AI will never have.

I see that most every day at work. You have the people who put in the 20-30-40 yrs slowing leaving and the newbies rolling in and things fall thru the cracks because no one is around anymore with that knowledge.

We had a thing the other day that a new manager said hey we can do that different and save a couple hrs a month for a staff person, so they cancelled the contract and farmed it out at a cost.

I said did you know that was bringing in 100K in revenue a yr for those few hrs of time you were having someone do that work? NOPE.

and AI doesnt solve a problem they dont know exists that gets uncovered because of a casual discussion in line getting coffee and a bagel.

 

[SUFan44]

Pivot tables and vlookup can already do most of what I need, and do it the way I want it. Generative AI is pointless.

Institutional knowledge is something AI will never have.

Sure. That was an example. I'm just saying - it is not always a net negative.

I 100% agree with institutional knowledge.

 

[LpoolNative]

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

Take a lap, Mark

 

[LpoolNative]

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.

1000%

 

[PeteCalvin]

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.

People are using it to put together PowerPoint presentations and whatever else you can think of at work. I liked the satisfaction of building an animated PP the old fashioned way.

 

[JRHEETER]

People are using it to put together PowerPoint presentations and whatever else you can think of at work. I liked the satisfaction of building an animated PP the old fashioned way.

My favorite thing I like AI to do is write my emails.

I can whip out the best written email in 2 mins.

 

[LpoolNative]

Me and grok just got out of a serious relationship. I think she’s seeing other registered users </3

Should I go back to ChatGPT?

 

[TexanMark]

My favorite thing I like AI to do is write my emails.

I can whip out the best written email in 2 mins.

I hear the smart students at cheating will have AI create assignments and subtly ask AI to add a few grammatical errors so as not to be too perfect.

What everyone is missing is AI is improving rapidly...faster than Moore's Law with chips.

By 2030 it will be scary good...and approaching science fiction levels.

 

[TexanMark]

Me and grok just got out of a serious relationship. I think she’s seeing other registered users </3

Should I go back to ChatGPT?

I just saw this...going to give it a try.

Anthropic Courses Anthropic Courses

It appears free to sign up and use. It is run by the Claude.ai folks

 

[bnoro]

My favorite thing I like AI to do is write my emails.

I can whip out the best written email in 2 mins.

I love getting AI emails. Auto-delete and ignore.

As lazy as it gets, and I will not waste my time responding to someone that doesn't have the time to compose a personal email.

 

[rrlbees]

i don't know why we don't stay with real intelligence and want to use the artificial kind.

 

[TexanMark]

i don't know why we don't stay with real intelligence and want to use the artificial kind.

You've seen JR and me, right? AI is way smarter than us lugs.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Our players don't read scouting reports now.

We have scouting reports

 

[richmondcuse03]

The economics do not currently work. The AGI projections are also way too optimistic but the economics are easier to discuss.

You either have to drastically reduce the input costs (eg energy, compute, data labeling) or drastically increase the costs. There are zero signs that energy or computer are decreasing even with Moore’s Law. And the data labeling companies all say their needs are only
Increasing. Something has to give. It’s just math.

Just look at the projections these companies have made. They’re continuing to raise huge sums of money they hadn’t anticipated. Their projections going out four years require a giant leap of faith. And most notably they require drastically increasing prices. That’s the part nobody talks about.

Early investors are subsidizing the costs in hope that people get hooked and pay more down the road. It’s hard to see them losing costs by the magnitude they need to become profitable. So the cost side is going to increase. how much remains to be seen.

I test a lot of AI tools to stay ahead of things and I encounter many, many issues on a daily basis. For certain things - I can save time. For others I am constantly double checking work and finding lots of issues, even with advanced solutions. I worry when companies have AI agents autonomously making changes. We’re going to see a lot of downtime issues caused by these tools without proper controls in place. Too many “leaders” put faith in some tools that aren’t ready.

I’ve been able to speak with some of the smartest minds in this space. And I think several of them are sociopaths I wouldn’t trust in my house.

 

[JRHEETER]

I love getting AI emails. Auto-delete and ignore.

As lazy as it gets, and I will not waste my time responding to someone that doesn't have the time to compose a personal email.

I get not liking generic emails nobody does.

But honestly, you’d probably never know if I used AI or not. If the message is thoughtful, relevant, and actually written with you in mind, does the tool behind it really matter?

Lazy is lazy. Genuine is genuine.

 

[PAcuse]

I get not liking generic emails nobody does.

But honestly, you’d probably never know if I used AI or not. If the message is thoughtful, relevant, and actually written with you in mind, does the tool behind it really matter?

Lazy is lazy. Genuine is genuine.

This I use AI to spell check my emails and give me ideas.
It's my idea with my personal editor helping out.

We've had great success with AI to help get our people to do self password resets, setting up various equipement, etc. It's great for things like that and it frees up the IT department.
Reporting it is a trainwreck and I'm fine doing that on my own.

 

[TexanMark]

The economics do not currently work. The AGI projections are also way too optimistic but the economics are easier to discuss.

You either have to drastically reduce the input costs (eg energy, compute, data labeling) or drastically increase the costs. There are zero signs that energy or computer are decreasing even with Moore’s Law. And the data labeling companies all say their needs are only
Increasing. Something has to give. It’s just math.

Just look at the projections these companies have made. They’re continuing to raise huge sums of money they hadn’t anticipated. Their projections going out four years require a giant leap of faith. And most notably they require drastically increasing prices. That’s the part nobody talks about.

Early investors are subsidizing the costs in hope that people get hooked and pay more down the road. It’s hard to see them losing costs by the magnitude they need to become profitable. So the cost side is going to increase. how much remains to be seen.

I test a lot of AI tools to stay ahead of things and I encounter many, many issues on a daily basis. For certain things - I can save time. For others I am constantly double checking work and finding lots of issues, even with advanced solutions. I worry when companies have AI agents autonomously making changes. We’re going to see a lot of downtime issues caused by these tools without proper controls in place. Too many “leaders” put faith in some tools that aren’t ready.

I’ve been able to speak with some of the smartest minds in this space. And I think several of them are sociopaths I wouldn’t trust in my house.

I hear you...we'll see in a few years. Energy consumption is a huge issue. Not sure we can build enough SMRs in the next five years...and of course can our electrical grid handle it.

BTW, sociopaths are rift in lots of professions.

In fact we have several on this board

 

[Scooch]

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.

I think this is a naive take, no offense. There's a HUGE difference between a short-term, Wall Street-based AI bubble, and what the technology will be capable of over the next decade+.

The rate that AI is evolving is terrifying, IMHO. I disagree with cliftonparksufan , I'm not envious of the future, I'm incredibly pessimistic about it. Yes, there will be unfathomable medical advances. But the downside risks to society are monumental.

There's going to be a massive loss of jobs across a wide range of fields. And it'll be worse here in the U.S. than in Europe because we have no ability to prevent it due to our political dysfunction.

Anyway, ChatGPT would have coached better than Red this season. There's your upside.

 

[bnoro]

I get not liking generic emails nobody does.

But honestly, you’d probably never know if I used AI or not. If the message is thoughtful, relevant, and actually written with you in mind, does the tool behind it really matter?

Lazy is lazy. Genuine is genuine.

It's not genuine if you used AI.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

It's not genuine if you used AI.

How? If it’s for spell check/grammar check and revision

 

[JRHEETER]

It's not genuine if you used AI.

I get what you’re saying, but your response actually kind of proves the opposite point.

You said “it’s not genuine if you used AI,” yet the post you replied to was AI-generated and you responded to it as if it were written by a person. Which means, in practice, you couldn’t tell it was AI.

That’s really the point. If a message is thoughtful, relevant, and written with the recipient in mind, most people won’t know or care what tool helped draft it.

The tool someone uses doesn’t automatically decide that.

 

[rrlbees]

It's not genuine if you used AI.