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AI experiment in halfpipe judging at X Games will give snowboarders a glimpse into the future

The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports are scored. Long a trendsetter in action sports, the X Games and its new CEO, freestyle skiing great Jeremy Bloom, teamed with Google founder Sergey Brin to build the technology. What if we could give judges superpowers and they could see things they couldn’t see with the human eye, and this technology could help inform them?” The specter of a judging mistake lingers over every high-stakes contest, and even with its more laid-back vibe, snowboarding, which is now a fixture in the Olympic program, is no exception. “I don’t think this replaces the judges,” Bloom said, “but I think it gives them power to ensure objectivity.” ___ AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/winter-olympicsAP

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