The Monday Morning Agent with Chester Ismay

Save your spot: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/the-monday-morning-agent/0642572456054/ Join host Chester Ismay every other Monday (taking a brief pause for the holidays) throughout the 2026 football season for The Monday Morning Agent, where you’ll use real-life data to settle some enduring football debates while gradually building an AI data analyst capable of doing that on its own. Does a team really have to establish the run? Are kickers too good now? Are coaches too conservative on fourth down? Watch an AI agent check the claims against approximately a quarter-million plays from five complete seasons of public play-by-play data, plus the current season as it unfolds. Each one of eight episodes introduces another capability required for a trustworthy data agent: transparent queries, durable memory in the form of shared data definitions, consistent visualizations, independent fact-checking, operational boundaries, request triage, self-directed analysis, and scheduled autonomy. By the finale, the agent will run the desk unattended, and we’ll examine not only what it decided to investigate, but what it correctly refused to answer. You’ll leave with a practical understanding of how reliable data agents are built, tested, governed, and gradually trusted with more responsibility. This series analyzes historical play-by-play data only. It does not provide predictions, betting odds, wagering analysis, fantasy recommendations, or gambling-related content. Save your spot: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/the-monday-morning-agent/0642572456054/ Follow O'Reilly on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oreilly/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/OReilly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oreillymedia BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/oreilly.bsky.social TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oreillymedia