125. Should We Replace Umpires With Robots?

No Stupid Questions

社会与文化

2022-12-04

39 分钟
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What do gamblers and referees have in common? When do machines make better decisions than people? And has Stephen been replaced by a computer?
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  • We humans seem to like each other, except when we're hating each other.

  • I'm Angela Duckworth.

  • I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.

  • No stupid questions today on the show.

  • Should we replace human umpires with robots?

  • If the purpose here is to get it right, then why on earth would we even want to have the humans around for that?

  • Steven, I have a question for you that comes from watching my husband.

  • Are you ready for this one?

  • I'm not sure.

  • Now you put it that way.

  • First of all, he's fully clothed in these observations, and he's seated in our living room and screaming.

  • So now he's actually probably standing up yelling at the television during the World Series, which, you know, is now in the rearview mirror, unfortunately.

  • Is this because he's a Philadelphia sport?

  • Because they are the worst, the yellingest, the loudest.

  • But he doesn't strike me as that.

  • I mean, he's a sports fan and he's in Philly, and he's rooting for Philadelphia teams.

  • We do have a reputation.

  • Is that why he's yelling, though?

  • The Phillies did lose the World Series this year.

  • He yells in other games, too, basketball games, for example.