The newest addition to the Virginia Military Institute’s basketball staff doesn’t draw a salary, doesn’t wear a whistle and has never set foot on the wood of Cameron Hall. Born from Silicon Valley and refined in the pressure cooker of college basketball, this artificial intelligence has become what the staff calls a “smart assistant coach on tap.” It was the result of “microscopic advantages” identified by Pick & Roll AI, a generative system developed by The Intelligent Search Company.
How VMI basketball became a testing ground for AI in sports