Philadelphia 76ers general manager Daryl Morey said AI isn’t quite sure what will happen when AI fully invades sports — whether in the front office or on the field . The conference brings together thousands of number-crunching sports nerds, who turn their data models loose on hot topics such as diversity, gambling or reversing the slowing pace of baseball games . One talk looked at baseball strategy, another on how to provide Olympic content for the 200-plus countries competing in four dozen different sports .