1st February 2022

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 1st Feb 2022 

Musings……. 


We all watched the other day, how Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest Tennis players of our times lift the Australian Open. 

This was Rafael Nadal’s 21st Grand Slam Tournament win and surpassed both Roger Federer and Novak Djokowich both holding a record 20 Grand Slam wins. 


The Wimbledon Tournament in London played on grass, the French Open on Clay, The US and Australian Opens played on hard court, are the four main Grand Slam tournaments and is winning these is considered the epitome of Tennis world. 


All three greats have achieved career grand slams, which means winning all four of the major grand slams. 


This years Australian open final was special in a way as this was one of the greatest comebacks ever witnessed in Tennis History. 

In fact Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard has become the only player to win from being two sets down in the Open Era. 


The Open Era is the current era of professional tennis. It began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs, ending the division that had persisted since the dawn of the sport in the 19th century.


The below statistic shows the score during the final during the third set of the Australian Open final. 

At this point the tournaments AI ( Artificial Intellegence ) was giving Daniel Medvedev a 96% chance of winning !! 


We now live in a fragile world, where computers and data has gained superiority over humans. At least their superiority is widely accepted. 

Technology industry presumes, that you can predict accurately outcomes and behaviours with few pieces of data and information with past benchmarks ! 


Rafael Nadal’s comeback from two sets down, has once again reinforced the importance of humanness and the humanity angle. 


The AI may be right majority of times, but it was wrong this time. Just goes on to show however sophisticated machines are, there is always a margin for error and

that margin of error has to be considered. 


The future may be in Machine learning and AI, but let’s not lose the Human touch over improving humanity. 


Food for Thought…….


RC 


Final score - 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 😊


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