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Re:How AI is changing gymnastics judging by sdwr on Thursday January 25, 2024 @12:01PM (#39131782)
Gymnastics, Olympics, is meant to be a celebration of the human body and spirit. The micro-optimizations ruin it, because they break the alignment between casual participants and the best.

Regular people exercising should be inspired and uplifted by the elites, but it doesn't work when they're playing a different game entirely at the top.

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Re:How AI is changing gymnastics judging by nottorp on Thursday January 25, 2024 @12:24PM (#39132048)
So is chess tbh. Even excluding computer chess. You can play it by ear at an amateur level, but if you want to compete you have to memorize those openings. Which sucks all the joy out of the game.
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Re:How AI is changing gymnastics judging by hiAndrewQuinn on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:50PM (#39135097)
Maybe everything has an amateur level that's just hard enough to be challenging, but still easy enough to be played primarily by ear.

Maybe that's most people's careers.

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Re:How AI is changing gymnastics judging by sdwr on Thursday January 25, 2024 @11:20PM (#39138919)
U really gonna call me out like that in front of all these people
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