I've decided to let Grok do some gambling as a test to see how artificial intelligence would perform if given the opportunity. I am only using simple bets, like who will win each game. I will track the results here.
Starting things off, Grok has picked the following winners for today's NBA games. I may have to evolve my prompt a bit to get Grok to pick someone other than who has the best odds, but we'll see how things develop.
I don't think the idea of placing your entire bet on the decision of an AI is the most sensible choice.
As players, and humans, we have to go through several processes and analyze a huge amount of information to make a good sports bet, not to mention a lot of intuition, something that AI will never have. The main advantage of artificial intelligence is precisely the analysis of a vast range of data in a very short time.
In any case, regardless of the bets you are going to use, you know that they are not an exact science, as they depend on a huge amount of variables and are subject to several unforeseen events that range from the weather on the day of the event to the injury of an important player in the first minutes of the game, and in this regard of adapting quickly to situations and trying to predict events, humans do better.
In other words, never blindly trust an AI when placing sports bets, especially because they are still prone to errors... the ideal is to combine the benefits that AI has to offer with your intuition to obtain the best possible result.