The FIRST head of AI in English Football! - Stuart Fenton #101

The FIRST head of AI in English Football! - Stuart Fenton #101 This episode is sponsored by SMART Technologies and the SMART Board Mini — a compact interactive display designed for coaches and performance analysts. Find out more here 👉🏼 https://go.smarttech.com/ChrisGill ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ As always, podcast is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month! Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/in... Use code GILL20 for 20% discount! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ Stuart Fenton is the Head of AI at Reading FC, which makes him the first head of AI in English football! In this episode we learn a little about Stuart's background, how he got the job, and get his thoughts on how AI is being used within football 0:00 - Introduction 1:57 - Stuart joins and gives some background 9:05 - Different types of AI (LLMs, computer vision etc.) 19:09 - What is the current bottleneck for AI in football? 22:58 - Where does Stuart 'fit' at Reading FC? 27:48 - Partnering with AI companies 32:20 - How Stuart has been received at the club 38:15 - What would be a success for Stuart? 40:54 - An average week for Stuart 46:30 - The OpenAI project with Wolfsburg FC 54:07 - Predictive analysis 58:29 - What AI can't replace & job displacement 1:02:57 - Will AI begin to make decisions? 1:09:04 - How to get started with AI in football 1:15:19 - Summary, idea for a part 2? OpenAI and Wolfsburg article: https://openai.com/index/vfl-wolfsburg/ Book Mentioned How to win the Premier League: https://amzn.to/4tdTRkA ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ CONNECT WITH ME 🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn:   / chrisgilluk   🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdj... 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES 📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/dow... 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/do... 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES 💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/in... ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle AI in English Football! - Stuart Fenton #101