Why AI Could be About to "Solve" Football (And Kill It) | FOOTNOTES Ep06

Football has always been a game of follow the leader. From formations like 4-4-2 to the uptake of pressing, we’ve spent a century copying the best human managers. But for how much longer will the leader be human?This episode of FOOTNOTES looks at how clubs are already using AI, how these could be used to find gaps in the game that no human coach can see, and why Elon Musk’s Neuralink might be the only way for players to exploit these gaps in real-time. If we eliminate every human blunder and needless dribble to achieve a 100% efficient game, what are we left with?