AI in the Wild

How ML is Optimizing the Business of Sports Gaming (feat. Lloyd Danzig)

Episode Summary

On this episode I am joined by Lloyd Danzig, Chairman & Founder of the International Consortium for the Ethical Development of Artificial Intelligence, also a known as ICEDAI, a non-profit dedicated to ensuring that rapid developments in A.I. are made with a keen eye toward the long-term interests of humanity. Lloyd and I discuss how AI is being leveraged across the sports betting industry. Prior too ICEDAI, Lloyd managed institutional portfolios for BlackRock, led data science initiatives at Samsung, and helped build machine learning engines for SimpleBet, a sports betting startup powered by machine learning.

Episode Notes

We discuss,

• What type of AI is being applied to Sports Betting?
  What are the consequences of technology in the gaming industry?
• How both customers and business owners benefit from implementing predictive and real-time gaming tech.
• Five applications of machine learning in the gaming industry, including odds making, risk management, responsible gaming, and more.
• The alignment of incentives when building powerful tech
• The role of society, government, and corporations in the creation and regulation of AI and deep technologies like it.

Resources discussed,

• Great machine learning courses - [Khan Academy]or [Coursera]
• Going deep on AI and Mathematics - [3Blue1Brown Youtube Channel]