Observed arrival · 2026-09-26
GOAT: three ways to rank the greatest athletes
A sports-ranking project puts a record-based “Machine,” four AI models and fan voting alongside one another to debate the greatest athletes.
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- Sports fans comparing all-time athlete rankings
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- A judge’s top pick earns 10 points, with one point removed for each lower position; an athlete omitted from a list earns no listed points.
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The page separates the AI panel’s ballots from its own framing, saying the explanations are published word for word and may contain errors. Its Machine uses records alone, while the panel’s top-10 lists produce a separate points table. Sport pages and selected disagreements give readers places to inspect the comparisons beyond the overall ranking.
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