Really bad art edition

Sport Review #198

I’ve always found Artificial Intelligence pretty suspicious, the kind of thing people talk up on LinkedIn to angle for conference speaking slots.

That was until Dall-E Mini came along - an AI tool that creates art from any old shit you care to type into it. It’s flaky, to say the least, and unclear if there’s any practical application beyond cheap laughs. But - you be the judge - here’s a gallery of bizzaro NZ sport moments I came up with, do have a play and send me your efforts.

Thanks for reading - Richard

This week's best NZ sport content

Ian Anderson on Daryl Mitchell, who’s kept doing what’s asked of him and led the way through this Test series when most everyone else has missed out [Stuff]

If you’re like me, you’ve been distracted since Wednesday wondering about What Might Have Been All-Whites-wise. So has Jason Pine, but he’s put it more eloquently than I could have [NZ Herald]

The SliverLake deal seems to be predicated on everything going to plan, and a whole lot of revenue being out there just waiting to be reaped - Chris Keall runs through some potential speed bumps [NZ Herald]

Gavin Huet on how to recognise and cope with sportswashing [Sportsfreak]

Go Eric Rush [NZ Herald]

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Video nasty

Kenobi x Sexy Back.

Long read

All about FSO Saffer, the decrepit, laden oil tanker in the middle of a war zone and massive environmental disaster waiting to happen, and what can be done about it [New Yorker]

Recommendation 

Fans of the true crime Teacher’s Pet podcast will want to catch up with The Teacher’s Trial podcast - and find out if the original podcast’s publicity will affect the trial [Apple podcasts]

Bring back the gif 

Being a good sport about the world cup qualifying officials team.