When AI plays football, sport is just part of the GOOAALL! - Digitally Cognizant

The 2022 FIFA World Cup will soon be under way, thrilling football fans worldwide. What most of the billions of global spectators may not realize is--as with seemingly every other aspect of life--artificial intelligence (AI) is already playing a role in the sport. AI firms, including DeepMind, are working on AI playing football by training AI-driven players to become competent footballers. But as they make strides in "solving" football with AI, the lessons they learn will find myriad other applications. As this Wired piece notes, AI "could one day help robots to move around our world in more natural, more human ways."