The End of Human Football: Football’s Artificial Future | FOOTNOTES Ep07

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From players using ChatGPT to negotiate £20,000 bonuses to clubs seeding synthetic fanbases to manufacture 24/7 hype, are we moving toward a version of the game that is perfectly optimised but emotionally hollow?

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