UP557 Ed Smith: What Sport Got Wrong About Moneyball
About this episode
Ed Smith discusses the implications of AI on sports, education, and the value of humanities in a machine-driven world.
AI commoditises knowledge production and throws judgment into scarcity. In this episode, Ed Smith asks what that means for sport, education and the people building careers in the business — and why the humanities might be the most undervalued edge in an age of machines. About the guest Ed Smith is an unusual hybrid in today's sports world. An academic, he left Cambridge with a Double First in History, and is the author of several excellent books including Luck, Making Decisions and What Sport...
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