Football scouts under threat from bots as AI could replace 100K-a-year talent spotters
Daily Star Footie scouts are quaking in their boots amid predictions they will soon be replaced by bots.
Bosses of Britains biggest teams are using custom-built AI systems to build teams of the future.
They can plug videos and stats of players being targeted into the machines and it will spit out predictions for their future performances on, and even off, the pitch.
The devices can even say how players might adapt to performing in front of bigger crowds and how they are likely to deal with fame.
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Dr Ryan Beal, of tech firm SentientSports, said: There are some good examples of Premier League clubs producing new metrics and new ways of looking at data in the last few years.
