Will AI replace Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials?

Why this score

AI-assisted replay review and automated ball/strike tracking systems like MLB's Automated Ball-Strike system are already replacing some of your most routine judgment calls. The economic incentive to reduce officiating crews and minimize controversial calls is strong, even though the physical, interpersonal, and real-time judgment aspects of your work remain difficult to automate. Your role is not disappearing soon, but the parts of it that involve objective rule enforcement on measurable events are being steadily handed to machines. The question is whether you'll be the official who works alongside these systems or the one made redundant by them.

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