Sports analytics may be outnumbered when it comes to artificial intelligence

The MIT conference annually brings together thousands of number-crunching sports nerds, who turn their data models loose on hot topics such as diversity, gambling or reversing the slowing pace of baseball games. But this year’s gathering had a decidedly AI focus, with panels and working papers on the potential for generative artificial intelligence to transform sports. — Sloan Sports Analytics Conference via AP

BOSTON: When it comes to artificial intelligence, the sports analytics crowd may be outnumbered.

The people who killed the sacrifice bunt and turned NBA games into a 3-point shooting contest aren’t quite sure what will happen when AI fully invades sports – whether in the front office or on the field.