Will artificial intelligence judge gymnasts in the 2028 Olympics?
The International Gymnastics Federation is in talks to introduce artificial intelligence into judging at the Los Angeles Olympics. The judging support system analyzes the movements of the athletes using cameras and determines the accuracy of the elements.
The technology uses video recordings from multiple angles, creates 3D models of movements and measures joint bending angles. This should help reduce the number of judgmental errors and make the assessments more objective. So far, AI only helps judges make decisions, and official scores are given by people.
The head of the federation, Morinari Watanabe, expects that in the future algorithms will be able to completely replace referees when assigning points.
Do you think it is possible to allow artificial intelligence to evaluate the performance of athletes?
- Of course, it would be fairer that way.
- No way.