Oh, no question. It takes skills to drive a car well - particularly a race car. It probably requires you to be fit too. But you’re not doing the work: the car does.
I choose to draw the line of “sport” at physical performance, because if you start including fine motor skills and intelligence, then you have to include poker-playing, model-making and mathematics and then it becomes ridiculous. And I say that as a semi-professional pool player: whatever I’m doing when I’m shooting pool, it sure ain’t sport, despite my having to train and keep fit.
Similarly, I choose to draw the line of “art” as you doing the art. Asking an AI to come up with a picture, however skillful the prompt, clearly isn’t you making the art.
I think saying “it takes skill” and “probably requires you to be fit” are contradictory to your point. I would also argue that billiards is technically a sport. Golf is technically a sport.
Sport is literally any competitive game meant to entertain. Why do you think they use the term Esport? Sport comes from the same root as distract and deport (to get carried away) as in, a sport is entertainment.
Motorsport is absolutely a sport. It’s not just the driver either. Just like any sport, everybody’s got a job to do and the better they work together, the better the outcome. Id call pool a “skill based game”. You don’t have to be fit to be a top pool player, or darts, or bowling. You’re comparing being able to replicate good skill dozens of times over a period of 1-2 hours where motorsport is using your skills constantly over up to 12+ hours depending on the race. Some are over the course of days.
Off topic, but…
“AI art” isn’t a thing anymore than “motorsport” is: it’s not sport when you’re not the motor.
Okay fuck ai “art” but why you gotta do motorsport dirty, that shit requires skill, physical fitness, shitloads of practice, and raw talent
Oh, no question. It takes skills to drive a car well - particularly a race car. It probably requires you to be fit too. But you’re not doing the work: the car does.
I choose to draw the line of “sport” at physical performance, because if you start including fine motor skills and intelligence, then you have to include poker-playing, model-making and mathematics and then it becomes ridiculous. And I say that as a semi-professional pool player: whatever I’m doing when I’m shooting pool, it sure ain’t sport, despite my having to train and keep fit.
Similarly, I choose to draw the line of “art” as you doing the art. Asking an AI to come up with a picture, however skillful the prompt, clearly isn’t you making the art.
That’s my take. Feel free to disagree 🙂
The cars aren’t driving themselves.
I think saying “it takes skill” and “probably requires you to be fit” are contradictory to your point. I would also argue that billiards is technically a sport. Golf is technically a sport.
F1 drivers need to workout to be able to drive their cars with all the force it exerts on their bodies.
Also, pretty sure you need “fine motor skills and intelligence” in every sport.
Sport is literally any competitive game meant to entertain. Why do you think they use the term Esport? Sport comes from the same root as distract and deport (to get carried away) as in, a sport is entertainment.
Is art about competition or is it the thing that is made?
Motorsport is absolutely a sport. It’s not just the driver either. Just like any sport, everybody’s got a job to do and the better they work together, the better the outcome. Id call pool a “skill based game”. You don’t have to be fit to be a top pool player, or darts, or bowling. You’re comparing being able to replicate good skill dozens of times over a period of 1-2 hours where motorsport is using your skills constantly over up to 12+ hours depending on the race. Some are over the course of days.