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Re: Referees set to be replaced by AI within 30 years
DIR By: Ref Watcher
Date: September 7, 2023, 4:07 am
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> [quote author=rustyref link=topic=5175.msg67613#msg67613
date=1694034855]
> [quote author=Whistleblower link=topic=5175.msg67601#msg67601
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> [quote author=rustyref link=topic=5175.msg67595#msg67595
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> I work very close to this field, and whilst there is no doubt
AI has come on massively in recent years it is still a million
miles away from what they are suggesting here. Even for ARs, AI
will be able to tell if a player was in on offside position, but
how is it possibly going to tell whether they interfered with
play, an opponent, or gained an advantage?
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The world of AI is still a bit of a mystery to me, I struggle
enough with traditional natural intelligence ! That said, I have
little doubt that AI is going to signal a huge revolution in he
way systems operate, akin to the information revolution of the
last thirty years and probably more significant than that. A
question, does AI concern itself solely with facts and given
material or can it have an opinion as well ? So much of
refereeing is "in the opinion of the referee"
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No, it needs to have a knowledge base to base its intelligence
on, and this is where AI currently can fall a bit flat. It can
see a situation and then look back at its knowledge base to see
what the outcome should be, but if it hasn't happened before it
won't know what to do.
In terms of replacing an AR, it can certainly determine when the
ball was played and whether the player receiving the ball was in
an offside position, we already have that with the
semi-automated VAR used in the World Cup. What it can't do, and
I can't see how it will ever be able to do, is determine whether
an attacker interfered with an opponent.
There's a lot of fervour, and seemingly almost panic, about AI
at the moment across all areas. But the key thing to remember
is it can automate what humans currently do manually, but it
can't implement that automation. Someone, not something, has to
"train" it.
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The more it is 'trained' then the more it takes over. All well
and good, however, the outcome could be very worrying for all.
What our younger generation don't seem to understand is more
automation less jobs more unemployment but more profit for the
larger companies. Next question with less people working who
will pay the tax required to pay the benefit system and that
also applies to football officials who wil be out of work
I don't worry because I am well into my 70s, however, AI could
have a really big influence on pensions and benefits in the
future. I suppose the only plus side is that players iwll still
continue to receive exorbitant amounts of money and will still
be paying into the system.
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Of course this has been a concern since the introduction of the
loom and the rise of the Luddites. More automation only results
in more money for large companies if anyone has any money to
spend. An equilibrium will emerge. You can't buck the market
as someone once said.
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