The old ticker tape was more than just scores - it was actually the play by play so it wasn't exactly made up. It was more like a time delay. But the sound effects were generated in the studio. I heard a story one time of a broadcaster who, during the game, they had a jam in the ticker tape machine. So, the broadcaster had the batter fouling off pitches while they fixed the machine. The batter fouled off 21 pitches before striking out the strike out which WAS actually on the ticker tape when it started back up. . .
On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > We have -1 degree temp and 0 mph wind right now, and as a result > experienced a ducting fade on a long 11 GHz link between 9pm and 10pm. > Very unusual for this link, we get rain fade, but I’ve never seen an > atmospheric fade. > > > > One customer was all pissed off because it interrupted Thursday night > football. And his wife was waiting for some online Christmas sale. I > thought oh no, the Bears are playing the Packers, but then realized that’s > Sunday. (Bears-Packers = big rivalry) > > > > Anyway, I got to thinking. At least half the videos in my Facebook feed > now are AI slop. And I remember reading that back in the 1930’s, radio > announcers would make up baseball games (including sound effects) from > scores off a teletype, because the radio stations couldn’t afford to send > them to away games. So if AI is getting so good at creating realistic > video from text prompts, in the future could it generate sports TV just > from a real time feed of the box scores? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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