Football Coaches Are Turning to AI for Help Calling Plays

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Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Football Coaches Are Turning to AI for Help Calling Plays

The application of artificial intelligence to play-calling is already upon us. Last spring, two students at North Carolina State, William Burton and Michael Dickey, built a model to predict whether an NFL team would pass or run, information that would hugely benefit defensive coordinators. Tested against decisions made in a 2014 Cowboys-Jaguars game, the model picked the play type 91.6 percent of the time.
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/football-coaches-are-turning-to-ai-for-help-calling-plays/

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