As data analytics company, at A4E we are more than familiar with the capabilities and potential of Artificial Intelligence widely known as AI, especially combined with some kind of automation. As society members, just like you, we also know that the fake news is not just pieces of information heavily disliked by politicians with disputable reputations. This is why we are curious whether AI is capable to help users and media businesses to distinguish the real news out of fake ones.
Leo Messi should be the best-paid football player but he is overpaid. Data analytics explains why
Named as one of the best currently active football players in the world, Lionel Messi is also one of the best paid among them all. His Barcelona contract alone is securing him a payment of €40 M per year or €770 000 per week.
Well, recently performed data analytics model confirmed what we all suspected. Even though Messi should be the best paid, he is extensively overpaid. The model and its results are described in a study conducted by a team of Lawrence Technological University in Michigan, which used machine learning and data science to analyze the salaries of 6082 professional football players in Europe. The salary of each was compared to a set of 55 attributes, reflecting each player`s skill set. The model is evaluating scoring and passing accuracy, aggression and vision on the field, speed, acceleration, ball control, physical condition, etc.