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

• 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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