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The pace of AI development is so rapid that even many of the engineers and researchers building these systems are uncertain about where the technology will ultimately lead. That is both fascinating and, at times, a little unsettling.

When it comes to evaluating athletic performance and physical potential, AI is likely to become increasingly accurate as more data becomes available. In some ways, it resembles the development of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology: the more real-world information that is collected and processed, the better the predictions become.

By combining decades of medical research, sports science, biomechanics, genetics, injury history, performance analytics, and historical player development data, AI can already provide insights that would have been impossible to generate just a few years ago. As these systems continue to improve, they may uncover patterns and relationships that human evaluators simply cannot detect on their own.

In American football, with the exception of the quarterback position to some extent, success is often driven by measurable physical traits such as reaction time, explosiveness, strength, speed, agility, body mechanics, and endurance. These are areas where AI can be particularly effective because they can be quantified and compared across thousands of players and historical examples.

The more difficult challenge is evaluating qualities such as leadership, motivation, resilience, competitiveness, emotional intelligence, work ethic, adaptability, and the ability to process information under pressure. While AI is becoming increasingly capable of identifying behavioral patterns through interviews, game film, biometric data, and psychological assessments, these human characteristics remain harder to measure with complete accuracy.

Another area where AI may dramatically impact professional sports is injury prediction and player longevity. By analyzing biomechanics, workload, recovery patterns, medical history, and even sleep and nutrition data, future systems may help organizations better understand which players are likely to remain productive over long periods and which players carry elevated risk.

As AI tools become widely available, future General Managers will likely have access to very similar information and analytical models. The competitive advantage may no longer come from who has access to the most data, but from who asks the best questions and interprets the information most effectively.

The real challenge for future front offices may be less about identifying talent and more about building cohesive organizations. Bringing together individuals from different social, cultural, religious, educational, and economic backgrounds into a unified team environment is a problem that remains deeply human. AI can provide recommendations, probabilities, and insights, but leadership, communication, trust-building, and culture creation may remain the areas where exceptional executives separate themselves from the rest.

Rather than replacing General Managers entirely, AI is more likely to become an extraordinarily powerful decision-support tool. The organizations that learn how to combine advanced AI systems with strong human leadership may ultimately gain the greatest competitive advantage.


The Watson trade remains one of the most fascinating case studies in modern NFL decision-making.

What stands out to me is that organizations can have access to elite education, experienced executives, extensive scouting departments, advanced analytics, and virtually unlimited resources, yet still make decisions that carry enormous long-term consequences.

One of the risks for any leadership group is becoming too confident in its own conclusions. When decision-makers become convinced they have identified a unique opportunity, there is a danger that warning signs, alternative viewpoints, and second-order consequences receive less attention than they deserve.

Looking back, it is fair to wonder whether the focus was placed too heavily on the potential upside while not enough weight was given to the broader risks surrounding the move. That is not necessarily a failure of intelligence or preparation. Sometimes it is a failure to step back and see the entire picture.

This is where AI may eventually provide value. An AI system has no ego, no reputation to protect, and no emotional attachment to a particular outcome. It can continuously challenge assumptions, present counterarguments, and highlight risks that decision-makers may prefer to discount.

That said, AI can only provide information. Human leaders still have to decide whether they are willing to listen to it. The greatest danger may not be a lack of data or analytical capability, but overconfidence and an unwillingness to question one’s own assumptions.

The lesson from cases like this may be that successful leadership is not simply about being smart. It is about remaining humble enough to recognize when you might be missing part of the bigger picture.

My conclusions might seem far fetched to the short sighted and willfully oblivious. But I've laid out the logic multiple times and you keep ignoring it.

You keep talking about some generic "war." I'm talking about not allowing unaccounted for HEU.

I'd consider the ones using children suicide bombers and IEDs the terrorists. Or the governments holding mass executions and carrying out chemical attacks on their own citizens.

Do I like everything Israel or the US does? Of course not. But at the same time, we're not chanting Death to Iran en masse. Hamas was literally abducting and killing civilians on purpose. There's a difference, even if I don't like the overly high tolerance for collateral damage, either.

I don't try to make it sound simple. I admit the complexity and multitude of factors.

I don't particularly concern myself with how other people see things. I believe in doing the right things over the convenient things regardless of external pressure. That's not to say others aren't entitled to their views, but if those views seem wrong, I will say so. If the view makes sense, I take it into consideration.

I'm not saying we are Captain America and the good guys. I'm saying I think we should try to be the good guys. It is complicated.

Yes, I think everyone should get rid of their nuclear arsenals. But, I don't think that will actually happen.

I'm not justifying "the war." Daily dealing with terrorists for decades has made the Israelis less than ideally discriminant.

What I'm saying is more HEU is bad. HEU and terrorists in proximity is worse. Someone should make sure those things stay separate. If no one else will, it looks like it's up to us. Unfortunately, Trump is making a mess of it.

I don't claim to just know things. I present my reasoned thoughts with the disclaimer that I know that I don't know everything. At the same time, I will point out things that you claim to know that are factually incorrect.

I agree that while some do it's not nearly enough. I'm speaking in regards to Graham Platner. He is no more fit to hold public office than trump is.

Attempts to hold Trump accountable may hold a little more weight if they did the same with their own.

"Every other nation on the globe." Hopefully that clears up any misunderstanding you didn't have to begin with.

All you keep doing is coming up with far fetched conclusions which have very little if any chances of ever happening to justify war. Just like every other war monger has done throughout history.

And let me remind you, who the terrorist is depends on your life experience and perspective. If your family was bombed and killed in Iraq by American jets only find out America's cause for war was false, who would you consider the terrorists to be? If you lived in Gaza when Netanyahu said he was going to target and wipe out Hamas and then he carpet bombed your entire neighborhood killing your family which in no way is associated with Hamas, who would you consider the terrorists to be? If the U.S, teamed up with great Britain to overthrow your elected government and installed their own puppet to run your nation who did great harm and stole from it who would you consider the terrorists to be?

The world view and nations involved in dealing with us and some of our allies aren't as simplistic as you make it sound either. I understand the view you have formed as some vision of how you determined we should be seen. Or at the very least how you have determined you see us. That we are the good guys and Captain America and all of that. It's not that cut and dry. As you would say, it's more complicated than that.

Although Israel has not officially confirmed having nuclear weapons, most of the globe knows full well that it does. The most widely held belief is they have about 90 nuclear war heads. Depending on who you see the terrorists as, if you were their neighbors and have been at conflict with them for decades now, you may feel they have shown themselves to be the terrorists and your existence may very well depend on you too having such a capability.

Do you think a part of the answer would to also be disarming Israel's nuclear capability?

Your attempts at trying to create and come up with far fetched ideas and scenarios in order to justify this war doesn't somehow make it more complicated than it seems.

And you don't know as much as you seem to think you do either.

Buh-bye division title.

Trump’s Iran deal: peace or surrender?
The emerging US-Iran agreement would grant international legitimacy to Tehran while leaving its missile program and proxy network intact, critics argue; The deal could strengthen Iran’s regional influence, undermine opposition hopes and weaken efforts to disarm Hezbollah and Hamas | Opinion
Ben-Dror Yemini
Ben-Dror Yemini|04:25


We are at a historic moment. On Sunday, perhaps, an agreement will be signed that amounts to a betrayal of the Iranian people and a surrender to the Iranian regime. True, not everything is yet clear, but on several key issues the agreement is already evident.

First, the Iranian regime will receive international recognition. Second, there is no reference to ballistic missiles. That means Iran will continue to pose a regional threat, while Israel will remain under a ballistic missile threat. Third, there is no separation between Iran and its terrorist proxies. The implication is that Hezbollah, the Houthis, Shiite militias in Iraq and, of course, Hamas will continue operating under Iranian sponsorship and with Iranian funding.
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Headlines from around the world about Trump and the Iran deal

Fourth, the emerging agreement is a betrayal of the Iranian people. They took to the streets in an effort to overthrow the ayatollahs' regime and gain a measure of freedom. Trump encouraged them to continue their struggle. He promised help was on the way. They listened. Tens of thousands were killed. They wanted to believe that the bloodshed would lead to the downfall of the regime of terror. The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
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Any agreement includes American recognition of a regime that is far stronger and far more radical. The future of the Middle East in general and of the Iranian people in particular has never seemed so hopeless. It is no longer clear whether moral values still have any significance in international affairs. What is clear is that they have been buried.
The Iranians have been abandoned. So have the Lebanese. They had begun to feel that they might finally be freeing themselves from Iranian domination, which, through Hezbollah, has devastated Lebanon over recent decades and driven it into bankruptcy. Lebanon has the potential to recover. Many countries are willing to help. But there is little chance of that happening. An agreement with Iran ensures that Hezbollah will continue to bring destruction and ruin. The same applies to Hamas.
There is also a shared sense of destiny and a common experience of standing against powerful forces. Hamas was not defeated after two years of war. Iran was not defeated after 40 days of bombardment. The result is a boost in morale for all branches of the axis of evil and terror.
Under previous decisions, both Hezbollah and Hamas were supposed to disarm. An agreement with Iran effectively destroys the chances of that happening.
Assuming the agreement ultimately signed resembles the American version of the reported understandings, it will closely resemble the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). That was the agreement that enabled Iran's regional expansion.
Trump himself repeatedly described that deal as bad and deeply flawed, insisting that he would secure a far better agreement. In 2018, he withdrew from the deal and imposed severe sanctions on Iran. Those sanctions inflicted significant damage on the Iranian economy.
Yet one of Biden's first moves after entering the White House in January 2021 was to reverse those sanctions. And now? Trump is stepping into Biden's shoes. At best, he is returning to a similar agreement, which is a serious mistake. He is also returning to sanctions relief, which is an even greater mistake. That will allow Iran to advance on other fronts, including ballistic missile development, the arming of its proxies and regional subversion.
The West has exposed itself in all its weakness. When it comes to the Palestinians, the free world erupts in outrage. When it comes to the Iranians, there is silence.
By any conceivable measure, Iranians suffer far more than Palestinians. Just as the Iranian people suffer under a regime that crushes them and prioritizes vast investments in the machinery of death, Palestinians suffer under a leadership that prefers terrorism over reconciliation and prosperity.
Remarkably, the free world shields the Iranian regime in much the same way that it effectively aligns itself with Hamas. Demonstrations target Israel and the United States, which are fighting these regimes of oppression.
Only in April, Iran was elected to one of the United Nations' most important committees, which oversees human rights, women's status and counterterrorism issues. Canada, France, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, the United Kingdom, Finland, Austria and Switzerland supported the appointment.
Many among us hoped that the special relationship between Netanyahu and Trump would lead to unprecedented coordination. That did happen on the tactical level. The joint strikes against Iran were undoubtedly an achievement.

But tactical cooperation did not translate into strategic alignment. At the strategic level, there is scarcely a mistake that Trump did not make. The ultimate goal of eliminating the Iranian threat will have to be left to his successor.
And one can only hope that successor will do better.

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Your BS logic is just that, BS. "Every other planet on the globe" makes no sense. Wanting evil to win was said by no one but you. People are occupied elsewhere. Everyone doesn't have to do everything. Yet, problems have to be addressed by some of those that are able.

No, your simplistic we have DHS so we don't have to worry about terrorists is faulty logic. You try to reduce everything to simplicity even when those reductions break away from reality. Most things aren't simple. Just because you seemingly can't process complexity, that doesn't mean that the complexity doesn't exist.

I know you don't believe me. Again, that's a you issue and has no real relevance as evidence in an argument.

Denial and rewriting history are classic gaslighting tactics. As are manipulation, lying, and blame shifting, which you keep trying to do.

Dude, I served. I know the price. I'm not a war monger. At the same time, I still believe the price sometimes has to be paid because inaction can have its own cost. And, the cost of nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists is potentially too large for me to ignore.

I don't dismiss the DHS. Their job is just effectively impossible. From the DHS own site: "While DHS employs a number of concrete metrics to track border security operations, it is difficult to precisely quantify illegal flows because illegal border crossers actively seek to evade detection, and some flows are undetected. [...] Since 2001, border patrol and technology resources at the border have increase dramatically, including resources as a result of the 2006 Secure Border Act. Both traditional border metrics and the preliminary findings based on new indicators indicate that crossing the border illegally has gotten more difficult since then, but illegal entries continue." link

I don't support Netanyahu in general. I support trying to keep HEU out of the hands of terrorists and away from a radical government whose official stance "advocates for the total elimination of the Israeli state." The reductionist stance of calling it "Netanyahu's war" seems short sighted and disingenuous. Why don't you call it the Islamic Republic of Iran's jihad? That's still too simplistic for my liking, but it seems more accurate than your laying everything at the feet of Netanyahu, if not by much.

You don't know many of the things that you think you do. You just believe them, or at least pretend to.

WASHINGTON—In what is being hailed as a landmark deal, on Saturday the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to cease all hostilities with the US in exchange for never having to talk to Vice President JD Vance again.

Under terms of the agreement, Vance must remain out of the Iranians’ earshot for a minimum of 30 years, with his exact location subject to periodic inspections.

“All the bombs we dropped on those crazy bastards couldn’t do what the sound of JD’s voice did,” Donald J. Trump said. “I’m thinking of sending him to Cuba next.”

The agreement drew strong praise from a range of Washington insiders, including Second Lady Usha Vance, who asked, “How do I get that deal?”

Andy Borowitz

I think in general knowledge was power. With pretty much all knowledge at our finger tips I think reasoning will be more powerful. All the knowledge in the world means nothing if you don't know what to do with it.

My daughter has been part of AI since inception.

She uses advanced licensed AI. Her PhD dissertation was on advanced large scale AI integration.

I was looking at where my grandsons will find future employment. One just out of high school. One going into 8th grade.

The one who graduated is now going into EMT school which has direct work experience as part of the curriculum. It is AI protected.

The 8th grader is in advanced science and math classes.

Using AI to look at what the future holds for education and work is a real eye opener.

No.

Congratulations to the Knicks! It's nice to see someone different win it and a team that hasn't won it in 53 years!

Only the U.S. and Israel are actively engaging Iran. If in fact as you say, " "Good people" doing nothing is how "evil" wins.", that shows who you are describing the "good people are" and every other planet on the globe wants evil to win. Don't try to blame me when you step in it.

When your answer to an entire branch of government being created to combat one of your key points is "they're not perfect" it falls short of logic and has reached a level of desperation.

It's nice to know you keep up with the messaging being sent out of Russia. Which I don't believe for a second that you do.

Nobody is gaslighting you. Showing the absurdity of that "voice inside your head", which is actual gaslighting is something it appears you should consider.

War mongers have led to the deaths of millions of people throughout the worlds history. You dismiss the DHS, you dismiss that it has been Israel, not us who have been engaged with Iran and who has tried to get others to join them in a war against them for decades now. And it's not Israel as a nation I have a problem with. It's Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. After 30 years he found his sucker in trump. We both know this. And it doesn't take a detective to figure that out. I'm sorry you support fighting Benjamin Netanyahu's war for him. Trump does too.

Isn't that a normal occurrence in NYC?

Congrats...they pretty much wiped out everybody this season.

This is why no one takes these blubbering stooges seriously.

Throwing down support for the Nipple Nazi. someone who is a "habitual liar" according to a former campaign manager.
A dishonest, spoiled, prep school rich kid whose daddy bought his house.
A self-proclaimed communist with a history of sexual misconduct and allegations of domestic abuse.
A scumbag with a recently active profile on a social media platform described as a "predator's paradise"... complete with a half-naked profile pic.
A loser who says America is an evil country.
Who says people in Maine are "racist and stupid"... while himself making racist comments on Reddit!
A man who, point blank, blamed sexual assault on victims.

Response by the left? Sell your SOUL and support him enthusiastically while toeing the line with: "Everyone makes mistakes".

#thisiswhyyoulostinacurbstomp

Wow people screaming on the streets

I'll watch some of it. I never really got into outdoor soccer. Too slow paced for me. I used to enjoy indoor soccer, Cleveland Crunch and all that.

Any opposing view isn't Russian propaganda. Your particular view seems to follow the messaging coming out of Russia pretty closely.

You're projecting again. Trying to gaslight me is pretty lame.


You really need to figure out how logic works. You can't just add "only" to someone else's thought (which you pretty much made something different anyway) and claim its the same thing. You're the one that started throwing stupid around. I just quoted you.


It's everyone's responsibility to keep nukes out of the hands of terrorists. You're the one with the hard on for Israel. We have to do something because the death chanting terrorist supporters have unaccounted for HEU. If they were "only" yelling "bad things," that'd be an entirely different situation than the one the world finds itself in.

I've never claimed you were stupid. Just wrong and a gaslighter. Some of the positions you've held seem stupid.


Yes, DHS was formed. But DHS isn't perfect or all knowing or all powerful. I was referring to provisions of the Patriot Act expiring and not being renewed.

Your BS doesn't embarrass me. It should embarrass you, but that doesn't seem to be how your brain works, if we can call what it does "working."

I could use a nice cave to spelunk in. I don't dwell in one, but it seems that you know that and are just trying to be cute because you know that your argument is BS.

It's a good thing you're not actually a detective. Your clue finding and the conclusions you jump to from them don't seem very accurate. I don't play the stock market. Apparently, I just play whack a mole with your bad takes. It's not a very fun game.

This stuff is just fun and easy.

Dancing Fighters

Fighting Fighters

Any opposing view isn't Russian propaganda. And this "voice inside your head" thing you keep going on about. Everyone should have the ability to think things through from differing angles. If you can't do that, then you lack the ability to learn or grow. Agreeing with yourself all of the time means you are unwilling to bend or open your minds to differing points of view. You can try to label that any negative way that makes you feel better because you refuse to do that.


According to that logic only the U.S and Israel are "good people" doing something and the rest of the globe aren't doing what they should. Speaking of stupid.


It's never been the responsibility of our nation to fight a war for Israel. But you do have the beginning of a great script for the next Captain America movie. Fiction reigns supreme in your world. "People have been yelling bad things for 47 years so we have to do something!"? And then you claim someone else is stupid?


An entire new branch of government, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established as a direct response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Please just stop already. You're embarrassing yourself at this point. You should see my basement. It's wonderful! My basement is better than the cave you're dwelling in. We have seen the results of war mongers throughout history. The military industrial complex thanks you.

You are giving a giant clue as to what your stock portfolio looks like.

Milk, that was hilarious. You mention some stuff that I feel are knocks on SS as starter, good reasons these are. Maybe another day. Not in 2026.

I’ll apologize, I didn’t mean to hit a nerve. I was unaware that geek was so triggering. I was an athlete, but I also built my first personal computer in 1988 and programmed in BASIC DOS. So I am a geek and didn’t realize it had a negative connotation. I didn’t mean anything personal by it.