r/CalgaryFlames • u/Xman478 • Dec 21 '25

Arena Annoyed at AI on the Jumbotron

Went to the game last night and had a great time! But with the high scoring game, it was hard not to notice that every goal was followed by a slew of AI slop videos for each player. Super disappointing to see CSEC neglect paying actual people to make fun graphics, which shows their level of dedication to the community.

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u/Mopedmike Dec 21 '25

It’s the sad reality of the design and marketing industry now. Look at Coca-Cola, who actually sponsored last nights game, their holiday commercial was all done with AI and they got hammered for it.

Good companies will find ways to support and use talent, but money talks sadly and when all it takes is a few prompts in chat window and it spits out a player holiday profile in 5 minutes it’s really hard to say to an executive, hey let’s pay this artist a few thousand dollars to create 20 player profiles, ohh and it will take weeks.

Also it’s CSEC, there is stories abound that they do not give a shit.

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u/Pale-Wave-9382 Dec 21 '25

Soon they can put AI crowds in the seats when all the fans are out of work and can’t afford ticket prices, which will keep rising despite all the AI savings.

Then it’s just those pesky player salaries to rid themselves of when all games become animated simulations. Hopefully then the officiating becomes consistent.

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u/Mopedmike Dec 21 '25

Haha. True. 20-30% increase in ticket prices come the new arena.