Real Madrid coach Zidane no fan of Artificial Intelligence

Football
14 Oct 2019 • 7:43 PM MYT
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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is no fan of Artificial Intelligence (AI) being pushed into football.

Zidane is adamant AI will never match what an experienced coach can offer.

He said, "Artificial Intelligence plays a very important role at the moment, but in my opinion, human intelligence remains the most important.

"The most important thing that Artificial Intelligence has to offer us as coaches now is to shorten the time to do some things about it.

"Football is my passion. My life revolves around sport, so I don't like to rest and I enjoy working all the time. In addition, when you have a game every three days, the last thing we can think about is to rest. I lead a team that is one of the best in the world, which requires me to always be ready."

Zidane was speaking at the Dubai Artificial Intelligence in Sports (DAIS) Conference, organised by the Dubai Sport Council.