Get Ready to Rumble…with Robot Referees!

Within the next three years, the first major professional sports league will trial AI-powered refereeing systems, initially focusing on automated offside calls and foul detection. Expect hilarious glitches initially (think a rogue algorithm flagging a player’s perfectly legal celebratory dance as unsportsmanlike conduct), but ultimately leading to increased accuracy and a significant reduction in human referee controversy…and maybe even a new spectator sport of “Guess the AI Glitch!”