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4 books on AI for Sports [PDF]
March 06, 2025 | 27 |
These books explore AI solutions for the sports industry with invaluable insights into the applications of artificial intelligence in sports analytics, athlete performance optimization, injury prevention, and fan engagement. They explin how AI can harness data from wearables, video feeds, and sensors to provide real-time insights, helping teams and athletes make data-driven decisions.
1. Sports and Technology Have the Power to Change the World: Driving Positive Change Through the Use of Data and AI
2024 by Jon Flynn
In a universe not entirely unlike our own, where sports and technology occasionally collide with the grace of a rhinoceros on roller skates, Jon Flynn’s Sports and Technology Have the Power to Change the World boldly dives into the absurdly fascinating question: what if data and AI weren’t just about making ads suspiciously relevant but actually changed the world? With the flair of a referee wielding a lightsaber, Flynn unveils how sports have gone from just sweaty humans chasing balls to a global phenomenon supercharged by algorithms, drones and a lot of clever graphs. From Beijing’s Winter Olympics going green (presumably not because someone spilled kale smoothies everywhere) to basketball games so data-driven you’d think the players had Wi-Fi, this book showcases how technology is helping sports save the planet, unite humanity and occasionally make sense of cricket. Perfect for fans of sports, tech, or the general chaos of progress, it’s a dazzling, humorous look at how AI and analytics might just be the MVPs of humanity’s next chapter.
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2. AI and Society: Tensions and Opportunities
2023 by Christo El Morr
"AI and Society: Tensions and Opportunities" is a book that boldly strides into the peculiar and somewhat befuddling relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence, a relationship marked by equal parts fascination, trepidation and the occasional existential meltdown. While governments and universities throw money at AI like it’s the next big intergalactic hitchhiking fad, this book pauses to ask, “Wait, what exactly are we doing to ourselves here?” With a globetrotting cast of thinkers chiming in from every conceivable perspective, it grapples with the cosmic implications of AI reshaping society—offering not just dire warnings, but also the kind of pragmatic advice you might need if you're planning to survive (or at least look smart) in a world increasingly run by algorithms with questionable motives.
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3. Artificial Intelligence for All: Transforming Every Aspect of Our Life
2020 by Utpal Chakraborty
In much the same way as a small digital assistant might one day save the galaxy from improbable doom, Artificial Intelligence for All takes you on a whirlwind journey through the peculiarities of machine learning and its eccentric cousins. Utpal Chakraborty deftly explores how AI is not just nudging its way into our lives but enthusiastically making itself at home, from detecting financial skulduggery to helping your bank predict your next splurge. Somewhere between conversational banking and robots that could out-chat your Aunt Mildred, the book makes a pit stop in sports, where AI proves it’s as good at scoring goals as it is at crunching numbers. And, because no one told the author to leave it at that, it ventures into the quirky world of chatbots and virtual assistants, hinting that one day they might even understand your sense of humor. All this, with a particular nod to India’s ever-inventive industries, makes it a handbook for anyone wondering if their toaster might be plotting world domination.
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4. Sports Data Mining
2010 by Robert P. Schumaker, Osama K. Solieman, Hsinchun Chen
In the increasingly data-soaked universe of sports, where a single goal, run, or touchdown might as well have been decided by a particularly capricious algorithm, Sports Data Mining arrives like a meticulously programmed spaceship in a galaxy of guesswork. Penned by a team of data-savvy sentients (Robert P. Schumaker, Osama K. Solieman and the ominously brilliant Hsinchun Chen), this book explores the esoteric art of wrangling vast seas of numbers into coherent patterns that reveal the secret machinations behind baseball, football, basketball, soccer, and, because no list is complete without a dash of eccentricity, greyhound racing. It’s a practical handbook for anyone who suspects that sports are less about athletes and more about cleverly disguised economic machines worth billions, with hidden strategies only a machine (or someone with this book) could decode. Whether you’re a sports business mogul, an academic whispering sweet nothings to your dataset, or just someone keen to understand why greyhounds always seem to win when you bet against them, this is the guide to the dazzling, data-drenched future of sports.
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1. Sports and Technology Have the Power to Change the World: Driving Positive Change Through the Use of Data and AI
2024 by Jon Flynn
In a universe not entirely unlike our own, where sports and technology occasionally collide with the grace of a rhinoceros on roller skates, Jon Flynn’s Sports and Technology Have the Power to Change the World boldly dives into the absurdly fascinating question: what if data and AI weren’t just about making ads suspiciously relevant but actually changed the world? With the flair of a referee wielding a lightsaber, Flynn unveils how sports have gone from just sweaty humans chasing balls to a global phenomenon supercharged by algorithms, drones and a lot of clever graphs. From Beijing’s Winter Olympics going green (presumably not because someone spilled kale smoothies everywhere) to basketball games so data-driven you’d think the players had Wi-Fi, this book showcases how technology is helping sports save the planet, unite humanity and occasionally make sense of cricket. Perfect for fans of sports, tech, or the general chaos of progress, it’s a dazzling, humorous look at how AI and analytics might just be the MVPs of humanity’s next chapter.
Download PDF
2. AI and Society: Tensions and Opportunities
2023 by Christo El Morr
"AI and Society: Tensions and Opportunities" is a book that boldly strides into the peculiar and somewhat befuddling relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence, a relationship marked by equal parts fascination, trepidation and the occasional existential meltdown. While governments and universities throw money at AI like it’s the next big intergalactic hitchhiking fad, this book pauses to ask, “Wait, what exactly are we doing to ourselves here?” With a globetrotting cast of thinkers chiming in from every conceivable perspective, it grapples with the cosmic implications of AI reshaping society—offering not just dire warnings, but also the kind of pragmatic advice you might need if you're planning to survive (or at least look smart) in a world increasingly run by algorithms with questionable motives.
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3. Artificial Intelligence for All: Transforming Every Aspect of Our Life
2020 by Utpal Chakraborty
In much the same way as a small digital assistant might one day save the galaxy from improbable doom, Artificial Intelligence for All takes you on a whirlwind journey through the peculiarities of machine learning and its eccentric cousins. Utpal Chakraborty deftly explores how AI is not just nudging its way into our lives but enthusiastically making itself at home, from detecting financial skulduggery to helping your bank predict your next splurge. Somewhere between conversational banking and robots that could out-chat your Aunt Mildred, the book makes a pit stop in sports, where AI proves it’s as good at scoring goals as it is at crunching numbers. And, because no one told the author to leave it at that, it ventures into the quirky world of chatbots and virtual assistants, hinting that one day they might even understand your sense of humor. All this, with a particular nod to India’s ever-inventive industries, makes it a handbook for anyone wondering if their toaster might be plotting world domination.
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4. Sports Data Mining
2010 by Robert P. Schumaker, Osama K. Solieman, Hsinchun Chen
In the increasingly data-soaked universe of sports, where a single goal, run, or touchdown might as well have been decided by a particularly capricious algorithm, Sports Data Mining arrives like a meticulously programmed spaceship in a galaxy of guesswork. Penned by a team of data-savvy sentients (Robert P. Schumaker, Osama K. Solieman and the ominously brilliant Hsinchun Chen), this book explores the esoteric art of wrangling vast seas of numbers into coherent patterns that reveal the secret machinations behind baseball, football, basketball, soccer, and, because no list is complete without a dash of eccentricity, greyhound racing. It’s a practical handbook for anyone who suspects that sports are less about athletes and more about cleverly disguised economic machines worth billions, with hidden strategies only a machine (or someone with this book) could decode. Whether you’re a sports business mogul, an academic whispering sweet nothings to your dataset, or just someone keen to understand why greyhounds always seem to win when you bet against them, this is the guide to the dazzling, data-drenched future of sports.
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