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88horsepower · 09-01-2025, 12:24 AM

Whether you like it or not, A.I. is here and it's not going anywhere. You can't log onto Facebook without stumbling across various A.I. images and so-called "articles" written by ChatGPT despite appearing to have been written by a human being. A.I. is most certainly infiltrating the third-party grading market as companies like TAG Grading have started using A.I. to seek out imperfections on cards, it's only a matter of time before A.I. becomes prevalent at PSA in an effort to cut costs and remove the human factor from the grading process.

I have to imagine PSA will use A.I. to grade cards to maximize profits, but I'm sure they'll say it's all in the name of improving their product. Either PSA will get in on the action and use A.I. or lose market share to a company with stronger and more consistent grading standards. Whether PSA gets in on the action or not, I think as A.I. becomes more and more widespread in the world of third-party grading, older PSA slabs with certs that pre-date the use of A.I. technology will likely suffer in value due to the perception that they are inferior "10s" to new 10s that populate the marketplace.

In fact, I'm already seeing older PSA slabs losing value in the marketplace in favor of slabs with newer cert numbers due in large part to the perception that PSA is stricter on grading. But this also puts PSA in a very tough spot. Whether they being using A.I. or not, I do feel that A.I. will become the standard as it is more refined and if that is the case, people who own PSA slabs from older generations will feel betrayed by PSA due in large part to the fact that their slabs will have lost significant value in favor of the newer slabs.

I'm just spit balling a bit here, but it's been on my mind for several months now. Full disclosure here, for reasons beyond those stated here in this post, I have been pulling away from PSA and selling most of my PSA slabs. I no longer feel PSA is a company for the pure collector and thus I no longer feel like paying them for their services. Nonetheless, the aforementioned thoughts on A.I. are on my mind and I do wonder what the rest of you feel about this. Hopefully we can have a reasonable discussion on the matter.

09-01-2025, 12:24 AM	#1
88horsepower Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Somewhere In Time Posts: 23,875	A.I. & The Future of Grading Whether you like it or not, A.I. is here and it's not going anywhere. You can't log onto Facebook without stumbling across various A.I. images and so-called "articles" written by ChatGPT despite appearing to have been written by a human being. A.I. is most certainly infiltrating the third-party grading market as companies like TAG Grading have started using A.I. to seek out imperfections on cards, it's only a matter of time before A.I. becomes prevalent at PSA in an effort to cut costs and remove the human factor from the grading process. I have to imagine PSA will use A.I. to grade cards to maximize profits, but I'm sure they'll say it's all in the name of improving their product. Either PSA will get in on the action and use A.I. or lose market share to a company with stronger and more consistent grading standards. Whether PSA gets in on the action or not, I think as A.I. becomes more and more widespread in the world of third-party grading, older PSA slabs with certs that pre-date the use of A.I. technology will likely suffer in value due to the perception that they are inferior "10s" to new 10s that populate the marketplace. In fact, I'm already seeing older PSA slabs losing value in the marketplace in favor of slabs with newer cert numbers due in large part to the perception that PSA is stricter on grading. But this also puts PSA in a very tough spot. Whether they being using A.I. or not, I do feel that A.I. will become the standard as it is more refined and if that is the case, people who own PSA slabs from older generations will feel betrayed by PSA due in large part to the fact that their slabs will have lost significant value in favor of the newer slabs. I'm just spit balling a bit here, but it's been on my mind for several months now. Full disclosure here, for reasons beyond those stated here in this post, I have been pulling away from PSA and selling most of my PSA slabs. I no longer feel PSA is a company for the pure collector and thus I no longer feel like paying them for their services. Nonetheless, the aforementioned thoughts on A.I. are on my mind and I do wonder what the rest of you feel about this. Hopefully we can have a reasonable discussion on the matter.