Mark Rober and Jabril build an app that uses machine learning to decode baseball sign sequences. The video also explains neural networks in a simple, accessible way.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a fun, semi-technical intro to machine learning that holds kids' attention.
“This video explains neural nets/machine learning and had my kids riveted”HN comment, 2023
“This video explains neural nets/machine learning and had my kids riveted”
Explains neural nets and machine learning in a way that riveted kids.
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Mark Rober has many great and some good science and engineering videos that my kids love: link He get's my vote for the current best communicator of science, on par at times with Carl Sagan. This video explains neural nets/machine learning and had my kids riveted: this video We've gone down some deep lego rabbit holes, such as the great ball contraption: link These are pretty light but entertaining: linklink The latter is a guy that builds fresh water aquariums. The fact that he can do this full time for a living (via YouTube) is one of the most amazing and unlikely results of the internet (IMO).
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“I found this video on baseball code decoding pretty fun.”
Fun video on decoding baseball signs with machine learning.
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I'm not sure if the complexity of the codes is significantly higher in the pro teams, but I found this video on baseball code decoding pretty fun. this video Combined with this, it certainly seems like there's potential for a fully automated pipeline
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“Here's a fun (semi) technical video on using machine learning for sign stealing”
Fun semi-technical video on ML sign stealing.
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Here's a fun (semi) technical video on using machine learning for sign stealing: this video I wonder if the signs employed by Major League teams are as simple as the ones dissected above?
Cites itslgJun 2021
“However it is now trivially easy to decrypt these signs using machine learning. Here is a video on it.[1]”
Shows ML decrypting baseball signs easily.
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The cheating aspect is using any outside technology. A runner on second isn't forbidden from trying to steal the sign and communicate it to the batter. However you aren't allowed to have someone watching live video, using binoculars to watch the catcher from the outfield, or any other technologically aided approach to stealing signs. Plus teams often do "encrypt" their signs. That is why you might see a third base coach give 10 different signals. Only one or two of them are needed to convey the instructions. The rest are just used to hide the true signal. However it is now trivially easy to decrypt these signs using machine learning. Here is a video on it.[1] [1] - this video
JokejasonkesterJun 2021
“A quick How To guide with links to source, for those of you with baseball teams who are behind the times”
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A quick How To guide with links to source, for those of you with baseball teams who are behind the times: this video
