I’ve been a bit hit-and-miss with announcing my somewhat regular streams for AI Maddeness, but there are now 31 videos that capture my experimenting from the spring and summer, as well as all but one of the 13 games played so far this season (with a few recap videos sprinkled in). The single missing game is from Week 6, when the Jets beat the Steelers 35–11. I had Madden simulate that matchup, collected the relevant stats, and fed them into ChatGPT so there would be a write-up based on a series of hallucinated details.
The aggregate of all this “work” over the last couple of months has started to take on some greater meaning in my head—especially as running back Curtis Martin begins breaking long-standing league records. At this point, I think I need to put together a Curtis Martin supercut, because he’s basically a lock for MVP this year.
In fact, that might have to be the topic for the first AI Maddeness podcast: is there any conceivable scenario where Martin doesn’t take MVP at this point? And if not, what details will the machine need to fabricate to make the case even remotely compelling? I guess it’s back to the laboratory.
