“… It may sound futuristic but football is already heading in that direction, the most well-publicised example being Liverpool teaming up with Google DeepMind to improve their corner-kick strategy using AI. (Lee) Mooney built an industry-leading department at Manchester City before founding MUD Analytics, which works with clubs in the Premier League, English Championship, Scottish Premiership and MLS. He is as well-versed as anyone in how new technology can be embedded in sport and transform age-old methods. AI allows computers to learn and perform tasks and solve problems that usually require human intelligence. It is trained on huge amounts of information and simulates billions of variables, identifying and predicting future patterns. …”
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