Why Football Will End In 2049

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⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Man vs. Machine
02:12 How Will AI Change The Game?
04:39 Alan Turing and a Walk in the Park
06:30 Robotic Coaches
09:46 Robotic Athletes
11:11 Pushing the Human Limits

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[thMandalorian]

Emotion is what makes sport so incredible

[waleedgaming]

Am I the only one who thought this was going to be about Haaland?

[jiasd]

He's already been replaced by a robot called Haaland 🤖

[shandra]

"It's not that hard to build a robot that sits on the bench anyway."
That's a low blow and you know it, but I love you guys all the more for it. Very interesting, quality content, a joy to watch your stuff, keep it going

[thMandalorian]

Imperfection and the unknown is what makes sport exciting.

[Lamina_TV]

The production on this... The editing 😭🫂‼️ Amazing work from the team

[sjeese]

A big reason as to why I think robots will never fully replace humans, is the emotional side. We all love/hate certain athletes and taking away that personality will make a sport boring

[LetsTalk_Tv]

7:23 That Klopp getting tired prediction is Insane😂😂

[ahmedalqassem]

It's good to see you guys are trying different things to increase viewership counts like changing the name of the video. I love your videos and wish more people will watch them. I hope you get there one day.

[reversal]

An AI video about AI, who would've thought haha!
Curious question, what's the song called at 4:39? I love the jazzy vibe to it!

[nolamb]

This channel is just incredible, the quality of the content is incredibly good and for a non english speaking person, it is quite easy to catch everything !

[nachiketrazdan]

You saying Ronaldo was Human all this time!! I don't think so!

[FullofSoccerlife]

“It’s not that hard to build a robot that sits on the bench anyway” 😂

[ruano]

I think there are lots of subtleties to this question. In short, I think sports as we know it will not be replaced by robot athletes because the draw of sport is to wonder at human achievement. Seeing a robot go faster or dribble a ball is, at this moment in time amazing, but would quickly become boring because our expectation is that they can do more. Our expectations of humans is that they can't do much more so we are surprised and amazed when people push that boundary.

One other point I'd make is that there is a difference between sport and games. Sport requires human athleticism (yes, even darts and snooker require finesse even if they don't require strength or stamina). I think that's what elevates sports as a special class of games. That's why a robot playing football would be a game but not a sport. There could well be a lot of people who want to watch that but it will not be the same.

The AI coach is an interesting angle but I think there is an even quicker innovation that could be just around the corner and that's the AI tactician who has access to all the data within the game in real time and can suggest to the team manager/coach on what they should do next (e.g. in football they can suggest to send up another striker, change the formation, adjust the tempo etc).

[krama.nabeel]

Man I love this page much. Thank you Team A.I. (Athletic Interest) for bringing such interesting & high quality content 👌 ❤️🙌

[damani_ug]

Funny if Robots replace Humans even in Football. It's possible but not a good idea

[torachan]

AI could NEVER take over anything that is primarily driven by emotion. That's why it would never take over sports.

I love Ronaldo because he came from a poor family background and lived through hardship, worked extremely hard to become a legend, and has love and respect for his mother and father and his family.

Please explain how THAT feeling for an athlete could be generated for a robot player. Even players who are nowhere near as talented as Ronaldo have hundreds of thousands of fans because of their background, personality (on and off the field), their looks, unique playstyle, etc. NONE of that can be replicated authentically by a robot. A robot will just be a unit on the field used to win a match.

[saintkofi]

i like the way you guys take your time to produce quality

[VnillThunder]

2:42 Chess has more possible moves than atoms in the universe too...

[alaaeddineelamri]

great video again 😃 very insightful even for someone already in the software industry!