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Sports Highlights via AI
nazarijo writes "Found via Brian Chin's Weblog, it looks like scientists and researchers at Microsoft are working on ways to automatically discover game highlights. This article in the New Scientist discusses several research groups, some in Europe, working to make these ideas a reality. Microsoft research is doing this, too, with highlights from the Mariner's shown as examples. A choice quote from the end of the MSR piece: 'By hitting the highlights of baseball games, we get to view only the best parts of multimedia life. And who knows what's next? Maybe political speeches will become shorter, or the eleven o'clock news will last only 5 minutes, the witty banter between news anchors edited out.'"
John Jackson: "It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: I'm against those things that everybody hates."
Jack Johnson: "Now, I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man. But quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said."
John Jackson: "I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far."
Jack Johnson: "And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough."
The owls are not what they seem
the eleven o'clock news will last only 5 minutes, the witty banter between news anchors edited out.
oh oh, this technology could wipe out the slashdot comments section entirely!
"Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
"Yer out! Home run! Home run! Yer out! Yer out! Home run! Thank you, and goodnight!"
You must think in Russian.
I can totally see this helping with the never-stopping shrinking of attention span.
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Maybe we deserve this world ?
Too bad all the Mariners highlights this year will probably be of the opposing team :/
Microsoft and sports on Slashdot.. isn't that like an African american at a KKK meeting?
I like muppets.
And Asian chicks have a thing for you, too - it's called a restraining order.
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I am greatly troubled by the idea that political speeches could get even shorter.
It'd be great!
Bush: Terrorists! 9/11! God!
Kerry: I'm not Bush!
See, all of their points, neatly summerised. Saves everyone time. : )
You can't take the sky from me...
Yeah, but then how are they going to get highlights from Expos games?
"Seek first to understand." - Socrates