Comment on How Sony's Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system transformed the U.S. Open

jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Alternative title: “after 20 years Hawk eye is finally used at Wimbledon.”

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• JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I dunno. The match that prompted the change was pretty outrageous. Players shouldn’t be competing against umpires as well as their opponent.

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  • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly. The rule is “if the ball touches the line, it’s out” (or is outside the line, whatever) why does it matter if a human judges it or a camera?

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    • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If it touches the line, it is in.

      It matters because humans are fallible. Machines are much more reliable in situations where there is an unambiguous right answer. That match was awful to watch and it was made worse because the TV audience could see how badly the umpire was behaving.

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      • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think my point came across wrong. I was angling for the “why shouldn’t we use cameras since they’re less fallible?”, I don’t understand when people say “we need human judges because that’s more pure!” type responses.

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  • TheCannonball@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What match was it?

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    • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      US Open quarter-final 2004, Williams vs Capriati

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      • TheCannonball@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thanks man. That was a great read.

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