> If you made boxing judged by AI, the rules would quickly be gamed.
I though boxers were already gaming rules and this is effectively what gave rise to stuff like MMA.
Fans got tired of seeing a victor based upon technicality and skill and rules. Fans wanted a victor based upon being beaten down.
It's kind of interesting in that I'm not that interested in this for boxing but would rather see these kinds of systems in stuff like gymnastics or ice skating. Gymnastics and ice skating get absolutely skewered for the fact that you have to be "politically connected" in order to score well over time. I suspect that having an AI scoring system that winds up scoring performances correctly regardless of political connection would be godsend to those kinds of sports.
I though boxers were already gaming rules and this is effectively what gave rise to stuff like MMA.
Fans got tired of seeing a victor based upon technicality and skill and rules. Fans wanted a victor based upon being beaten down.
It's kind of interesting in that I'm not that interested in this for boxing but would rather see these kinds of systems in stuff like gymnastics or ice skating. Gymnastics and ice skating get absolutely skewered for the fact that you have to be "politically connected" in order to score well over time. I suspect that having an AI scoring system that winds up scoring performances correctly regardless of political connection would be godsend to those kinds of sports.