AI announcers in Sports Games

[oneamongthefence]

I read a few articles talking about using AI announcers for live games and there's something to it. Several articles mentioned the possibility of having Custom commentary that you could tailor to your needs or enjoyment. For example having more informative commentary vs having a more matter of fact commentary. Apparently MLB is testing this.

Imagine Madden having AI announcers. Every name could be called out. You could have dynamic replay commentary that intelligently breaks down plays, maybe even learns user and CPU playcalling tendencies and calls it out dynamically. The sky truly is the limit.

Would this be something the community would get behind or would real announcers coming in to do actual commentary still be preferred?

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[rschech13]

That could be a game changer if the technology is there. No more repetitive lines over and over again, keeping everything fresh. Imagine playing Madden with an AI John Madden commentating on the games! Hopefully this can be done well, and we don't end up with an uncanny valley situation where it doesn't sound quite human.

[SpyderAndCannonball]

Would seriously be a game changer, good commentary would make the games so much more immersive and fun!

[Dazza1]

This would be a nice addition, heck even just getting them to call edited draft class player names would be great.


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[baconbits11]

Quote: Originally Posted by rschech13

That could be a game changer if the technology is there. No more repetitive lines over and over again, keeping everything fresh. Imagine playing Madden with an AI John Madden commentating on the games! Hopefully this can be done well, and we don't end up with an uncanny valley situation where it doesn't sound quite human.

I think the Madden lines from games in the past are better than a lot of what is being done today...

[malky]

I feel Madden would be the last of the major sports games to do it because they are cheap but yeah it would be great indeed!

[Hooe]

As long as the actual human beings performing the voice work needed to generate the computer-generated audio are fairly compensated for their work, I'm agreeable.

I'm generally very wary of the implications of artificial intelligence replacing paid human artistic expression, although I also concede that as soon as the technology is reliable and affordable the toothpaste is already out of the tube.

[njmcfreak]

Quote: Originally Posted by oneamongthefence

I read a few articles talking about using AI announcers for live games and there's something to it. Several articles mentioned the possibility of having Custom commentary that you could tailor to your needs or enjoyment. For example having more informative commentary vs having a more matter of fact commentary. Apparently MLB is testing this. Imagine Madden having AI announcers. Every name could be called out. You could have dynamic replay commentary that intelligently breaks down plays, maybe even learns user and CPU playcalling tendencies and calls it out dynamically. The sky truly is the limit. Would this be something the community would get behind or would real announcers coming in to do actual commentary still be preferred? Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

This will absolutely be a thing, but we’re talking 10 years down the line. As most of this is still in its infancy.