Coronavirus has completely changed the way the world watches sports.

Teams, broadcasters, and fans are growing increasingly dependent on Artificial Intelligence to save the day. And in the case of live-streamed events, that dependence can be critical.

If you have any doubts:

[S]imply consider the case of the AI camera operator deployed by Scottish soccer team Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. When the pandemic stopped fans attending matches, the club announced it would live stream its games, using an automatic camera system with 'in-built, AI, ball-tracking technology' to make sure people always get the best view of the action.

Well, in a live streamed match last month, fans got a view alright, but it wasn't of the ball… it was of the bald head of one of the linesmen!

The AI camera just couldn't make sense of what it was "seeing," as it darted back and forth between the ball and the poor guy's head — not once or twice, but over and over and over again.

In their defense, a spokesman for the AI company replied,

"Last month we produced 105,000 hours of live sports without any staff at the venue. That's roughly about 50,000 games In one of the games there was indeed a tracking problem that was addressed."

It's great you addressed it, but this single video may be the best argument yet against AI robots taking over the world any time soon.