Researchers remake the 2019 Wimbledon final in a realistic AI simulation
In the final of Wimbledon 2019, Roger Federer came one point to take the cup, only to fail twice, allowing Novak Djokovic to get ahead.
Now, however, the story has been altered through a new AI-generated simulation that allows Federer to win after all.
Researchers from California's Stanford University have trained the AI using a database of images of tennis matches, which enables a statistical model to predict the actions of individual players in certain situations.Vid2Player: Controllable video sprites that behave and look like professional tennis playerspdf: https://t.co/XUHyI6Pp4iABS: https://t.co/5X0Lb2MgAPproject page: https://t.co/wYBTTo9JBi pic.twitter.com/gOh3nEyVKv
- AK (@ ak92501) August 12, 2020For example, the model has learned the differences between how Federer and D...