Challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence implementation within sports science and sports medicine teams

Mitchell Naughton; Paul M. Salmon; Heidi R. Compton; Scott McLean

doi:10.3389/fspor.2024.1332427

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Challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence implementation within sports science and sports medicine teams

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Challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence implementation within sports science and sports medicine teams

Mitchell Naughton, Paul M. Salmon, Heidi R. Compton and Scott McLean

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Vol.6, pp.1-6

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1332427

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Abstract

artificial intelligence

automation

human-autonomy teaming

multidisciplinary team

teamwork

The rapid progress in the development of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, represents a step-wise change in human's interactions with technology as part of a broader complex, sociotechnical system. Based on historical parallels to the present moment, such changes are likely to bring forth structural shifts to the nature of work, where near and future technologies will occupy key roles as workers or assistants in sports science and sports medicine multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). This envisioned future may bring enormous benefits, as well as a raft of potential challenges. These challenges include the potential to remove many human roles and allocate them to semi- or fully-autonomous AI. Removing such roles and tasks from humans will make many current jobs and careers untenable, leaving a set of difficult and unrewarding tasks for the humans that remain. Paradoxically, replacing humans with technology increases system complexity and makes them more prone to failure. The automation and AI boom also brings substantial opportunities. Among them are automated sentiment analysis and Digital Twin technologies which may reveal novel insights into athlete health and wellbeing and team tactical patterns, respectively. However, without due consideration of the interactions between humans and technology in the broader system of sport, adverse impacts are likely to be felt. Human and AI teamwork may require new ways of thinking.

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Title: Challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence implementation within sports science and sports medicine teams
Authors: Mitchell Naughton (Corresponding Author) - University of Newcastle Australia
Paul M. Salmon - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Heidi R. Compton - University of Newcastle Australia
Scott McLean - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Publication details: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Vol.6, pp.1-6
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1332427
ISSN: 2624-9367
Copyright note: © 2024 Naughton, Salmon, Compton and McLean. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991029398802621
Output Type: Journal article

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