7 Comments
User's avatar
Kevin's avatar

Fantasy football is much more luck than skill: there’s no good way to figure out the time of possession whereas in baseball time of possession is essentially guaranteed. In football, the head coaches have more discretion in who to play whereas in baseball, the better players are almost guaranteed to play. With these constants, it relies more on skill and the fantasy baseball owner’s own knowledge. This is essentially why I quit fantasy football

Tom Chambers's avatar

I'm no AI expert, but it reads like sloppy writing in a few spots more than AI semi-polished/stilted. Not a big deal and the article made its point, but better writing would be better.

I did read it all and liked the comparison between MLB and NFL. I am curious where the author feels NBA falls in relation to the two. Seems similar to MLB across the board (DFS/season long/best ball/betting) - same season length with half the game volume - but injuries are much different. I'm not sure if the equivalent of NFBC exists for basketball, though.

Jon's avatar

This is really bad AI slop.

"Here’s what I landed on, and it took me longer than it should have."

"That’s the honest starting point, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise to make a cleaner argument"

Could not make it past the third paragraph.

Trevor's avatar

It's not AI slop. I actually wrote it, but sorry you feel that way.

Jon's avatar

Are you telling me that you didn't feed any AI tool your words and take what it spit out? Because if so, I find that impossible to believe. Nobody talks like this.

"Now look at how baseball handles the same idea, because this is where it gets interesting."

"Let me be precise about how the NFBC pool actually works, because people get this wrong."

"Same edge. Same guy. The football version loses money one year in five. The baseball version loses money one year in two hundred."

Trevor's avatar

Because that's the math. Football version loses money one year and five. The baseball version loses money one year in 200. That's just the math behind it. I don't know why you're offended at how I wrote it, but it is what it is. That's the math. I've written football articles and baseball articles for years now on multiple sites, and yes, this is how I talk. I can tell you are seriously offended at an article I wrote talking about fantasy baseball. I suggest you just move on since you're not interested.

Jon's avatar

"Because that's the math"

You're missing the point. This isn't about the content but rather that you've fed AI some notes and took almost verbatim the output. I challenge you to find any AI detector site that would call this article anything other than conclusively AI generated.

At first I was mildly annoyed to read this, but now I'm intrigued because you're denying this so strongly. Can you show me a football/baseball article you wrote prior to 2023 (pre-AI)? I can't find one but would be interested in reading it. I bet it reads night and day to this article.