AI Rick, yay or nay?

[PASabreFan]

It occurred to me that it won't be long before an AI Rick could call Sabres games and be a reasonable facsimile if not indistinguishable from the real deal.

Would you want to have an AI Rick?

[oddoublee]

10 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

It occurred to me that it won't be long before an AI Rick could call Sabres games and be a reasonable facsimile if not indistinguishable from the real deal.

Would you want to have an AI Rick?

I'm fairly certain it will be no worse than what we currently get

[PASabreFan]

9 minutes ago, oddoublee said:

I'm fairly certain it will be no worse than what we currently get

AI Rick 1.0 would already be better.

What I'm intrigued by is AI Rick 5.0, when the inflections, the rhythms, the pauses, the vocabulary, the creativity are perfected.

[Weave]

No.  

[Thorny]

Madness…Madness! 

[Eleven]

No.  No AI anything, thank you.

Edited 5 hours ago by Eleven

[Believer]

16 minutes ago, Eleven said:

No.  No AI anything, thank you.

Luddite?

I’m ok with AI Rick as long as there’s a human color guy on the broadcast with insight and humor.

[K-9]

2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

It occurred to me that it won't be long before an AI Rick could call Sabres games and be a reasonable facsimile if not indistinguishable from the real deal.

Would you want to have an AI Rick?

All due respect PA, but that is a terrible idea; creepy even. 

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, Believer said:

Luddite?

I’m ok with AI Rick as long as there’s a human color guy on the broadcast with insight and humor.

No, I'm not a Luddite.

[Weave]

1 hour ago, Believer said:

Luddite?

I’m ok with AI Rick as long as there’s a human color guy on the broadcast with insight and humor.

AI is gonna strip all the value from most human creative endeavors.  I want no part of it.

[bob_sauve28]

1 hour ago, Believer said:

Luddite?

I’m ok with AI Rick as long as there’s a human color guy on the broadcast with insight and humor.

So no Rob Ray then..

[clink]

AI, for mundane tasks? Sure

 

AI, for entertainment purposes? NFW!!!!

NO!!!! NOT NOW!!!! NOT EVER!!!!!!!! 

[bob_sauve28]

If some clever wizkid designs an APP or something that anyone can use if they so choose, why not? 

[thewookie1]

To announce a game once in awhile, perhaps but I still feel it creepy.

[That Aud Smell]

Absofreakinglutely not.

[LGR4GM]

I'd burn my Sabres jerseys in alumni plaza. 

[Pimlach]

4 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

It occurred to me that it won't be long before an AI Rick could call Sabres games and be a reasonable facsimile if not indistinguishable from the real deal.

Would you want to have an AI Rick?

No.  

Only RJ is RJ.   Accept no substitute.  

1 hour ago, Weave said:

AI is gonna strip all the value from most human creative endeavors.  I want no part of it.

And it very well could stifle future innovation and creative thought.  

[Thorny]

Me and my dad do have a recorded video of him announcing the sabres as Stanley Cup champions, just saying

If it ever should be in need 

[PASabreFan]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

Me and my dad do have a recorded video of him announcing the sabres as Stanley Cup champions, just saying

If it ever should be in need 

I've wondered if the Sabres also have something on file, thought of as the team foundered and Rick got up in years.

Fwiw, Rick was always bad at the fake play by play stuff. The 75 vs. 99 game was OK tho.

[Thorny]

8 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

I've wondered if the Sabres also have something on file, thought of as the team foundered and Rick got up in years.

Fwiw, Rick was always bad at the fake play by play stuff. The 75 vs. 99 game was OK tho.

I’ve wondered about it too and came to the conclusion that they probably would have the foresight

..but then I remind myself we are talking about the Buffalo Sabres under Terry Pegula and… well I’m glad I’ve got it, just in case