Would robot umpires have prevented the Wilmer Flores Giants-Dodgers controversy?

James Bessen, the executive director of the Technology & Policy Research Initiative at Boston University's Law School, who has studied the intersection of automation and society, offered a simple calculus to answer the question: "If the robot can be more objective than an umpire," he said when asked on Friday, "then I think that is good for baseball, especially if fans feel that the robot is objective. Better umpiring removes the focus on controversial calls and puts it back on the performance of the players, where it should be."