Masters, the tournament every golf fan looks forward to, is finally about to commence. This year, Scottie Scheffler is defending his title of the Masters Champion as an outgoing winner. With just a few hours left before the excitement begins, recent news about updates regarding the tournament was not received well by the fans. They took to Twitter to share their unhappiness about the recent changes.

Masters Tournament application to have AI commentary?

The Masters’ app was considered to be one of the best professional sports apps out there. But, for 2023, the Masters’ application has been enhanced to ensure a better quality experience for golf fans. IBM and Masters have incorporated a language model which will do the commentary like a live broadcast, and will even use proper golf terms. Fans will be able to watch any video on the Masters’ App with broadcast audio quality in the background. 

The purpose is to keep bringing entertainment to the fans and incorporate the human aspects into the commentary. This powered language model will curate a broadcast based on what has already been said before. 

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Recently, fans were given a sneak peek of this new feature, and that received mixed reviews. Some of the fans were impressed, and well, some were not. Users took the comments section by storm with the “mute” comment. A user said, “1. That is amazing, the robots are def taking over. 2. Def putting it on mute.” 

Several fans were not happy with AI being introduced. They felt it would take away from their experience of enjoying the Masters.

A user took the comment section to express, “don’t know how I feel about this one..  Maybe I missed the part where everyone was asking for robots to do our commentary for us but who knows” and another one said, “AI is going to be a problem.”

A fan said that it seemed to be missing a human touch in the broadcast, “Sounds good to me. I have no problem with it. Still need a human IMO for color commentary.” 

AI commentary has so far been used in video games. However, fans do not seem convinced it is a good addition to golf. People all around the globe have shown a range of reactions toward this new feature. Some have liked it and some have not. Which side are you on? Will this make the application experience better or is it going to taint it? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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