- Wimbledon’s AI -powered line calls have replaced human judges
- Players like Jack Draper and Emma Rudokano have expressed disappointment over objectionable calls
- Despite its precision, Wimbledon’s AI system has suffered a defect, which has also given rise to the fans.
This year, Wimbledon made headlines by eliminating human line judges, replacing them with AI -powered system that is designed to make calls automatically. But although most of the technology is getting correct, it is also causing frustration among players and fans. Lack of complaints or delayed calls, unbearable announcements, and when matters go wrong, the lack of transparency has increased.
Hawk Eye Live, a system made of a high -speed cameras and AI processing nest, is now responsible for all the line of Wimbledon and it is believed that it is surprisingly precise, more humans have been written in court.
But the calls were not always the same as the same or even the same as they should. You may not feel it on the TV, where observers fill the silence, but apparently, the players struggled to hear the actual calls. During his match, Yuan literally asked the umpire whether anyone could change the volume of AI.
Just ask Jack Draper, who, after severe loss of Maran Selk, said that he trusted AI’s accuracy in several incidents. Emma Radokano has brought the same problem even after losing a close match to Aryan Sabalinika. He made it clear that he thinks a line call is absolutely wrong, going out when AI said it is not
There is no need to mention, when Sona Cartel Anastasia was on the path to victory against Poluchinkova, the AI ​​system has just closed. The All England Club later apologized, Says“Now it has become clear that the ELC system, which was working better, was mistakenly disabled by the system operators in a server section for a game.”
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Not every tournament uses AI. The French Open still maintains human judges. This is a problem with power as well as accuracy. If the umpire makes a bad call, a player can challenge him. But Wimbledon’s new system is a judge. You can’t argue with the robot’s voice or claim that it is looking at the wrong moment. The All England Club improves this system than human line judges. Whether it is true or not, the homeless line judge is upset. This year, more than 300 of them were cut, and some showed outside the protests.
AI line judges did not come out of anywhere. Wimbledon has been on the way to the AI ​​decision for years, and other tournaments have already set up line judges. But maybe it’s not just about machines. Wimbledon is a strange tournament full of rituals. When you snatch the movements of the line judges and their practical arm, it takes a large element of the tournament. And without flourishing the human fruit that entertained the tournament, Wimbledon is just making a ball between two rackets.