AI Can’t Pick the Super Bowl Winner

Artificial intelligence programs offered mostly mealy-mouthed responses to the question of who will win Super Bowl LVIII.

Rob Spiegel

February 8, 2024

2 Min Read
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  • Super Bowl winner
  • Sports picking intelligence

With all of the intelligence plowed into artificial intelligence programs, these AI bots struggled to answer the simple question: Who will win the Super Bowl? One program couldn’t even get the date right, while another admitted its data is two years old and thus: It knows nothing, John Snow.

Scroll down and you’ll find we did get one satisfying answer.

ChatGPT

Chat demurred, saying:

I'm sorry, but I don't have real-time information, and my training only includes data up until January 2022. To find out the winner of the most recent Super Bowl, please check the latest news, sports websites, or official NFL sources.

Google’s Gemini

Gemini offered details about who is playing, but refused to make a pick.

iAsk.ai

iAsk.ai delivered a surprisingly poor answer, offering its view of the 2021 Super Bowl:

It is impossible for me to predict the winner of the Super Bowl as the event has already taken place. Super Bowl LV was held on February 7, 2021, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the game against the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of 31-9.

SportsLine AI

SportsLine AI is a fully automated predictive model for picking winner, but it is available to subscribers only.

Copilot

Copilot by Microsoft was the only program to deliver a satisfying answer:

The 2024 Super Bowl, also known as Super Bowl LVIII, is set to be an exciting matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Here are some predictions from sports media experts:

The Athletic: Seven out of eight analysts predict a Chiefs victory, with Michael-Shawn Dugar emphasizing Kansas City’s ability to repeat due to having Patrick Mahomes and an elite scoring defense. Mark Kaboly acknowledges the 49ers’ talent but believes the Chiefs will prevail.

CBS Sports: The prediction is a Chiefs win with a score of 27-23. The Chiefs’ strong defense gives them an advantage, especially considering their recent playoff performance.

The Sporting News: All five analysts favor the Chiefs. Vinnie Iyer highlights the 49ers’ offensive capabilities but points out their defensive struggles, while the Chiefs have a stronger defensive lineup.

ESPN: Eight out of eleven analysts pick the Chiefs to win a second consecutive Lombardi Trophy. Aaron Schatz emphasizes the Chiefs’ well-performing defense and the presence of Patrick Mahomes.

The reigning Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, led by generational quarterback Patrick Mahomes, will face off against the San Francisco 49ers in a rematch of Super Bowl 54. It promises to be an intense battle on the NFL’s biggest stage. 

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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