When AI Replaces the Commentator: Messi’s 50 Goals in 61 Games — And What We Lost Along the Way

When AI Replaces the Commentator: Messi’s 50 Goals in 61 Games — And What We Lost Along the Way

I watched Messi score his 50th goal for Inter Miami in just 61 matches—faster than his Barça peak. But as a tech ethicist raised in Brooklyn, I can’t help but ask: When does data replace the human soul in sport? His wife Antonella was there. His son Matéo too. We’re not just tracking stats—we’re burying narrative under algorithms. This isn’t progress. It’s performance without presence.