TCG Outpost on PSA grading subjectivity
TCG Outpost is explaining why PSA grading is not as precise as commonly believed. According to TCG Outpost, "Grading is a subjective thing. They're not using AI." They also noted that TAG Grading is a company attempting to address issues with PSA and other grading services by using AI for card grading.
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Grading is a subjective thing. They're not using AI. There is a company coming up right now called Tag Grading that is trying to solve this issue that PSA and the other getting companies have. And they use AI to grade their cards and they're trying to make it the most consistent grading platform that there is. We're like a 10 is scientifically proven to be a 10 and there's no ifs, ands or buts about it. Yes. But this has been known. This is human error. We're human beings. They're grading millions of cards on a monthly basis. You think they're not going to accidentally press a card in and damage it? You think they're not going to accidentally grade a 9, a 10, or a 10, an 8, or a 7, an 8? Guys, they're dealing with millions of cards. The PSA grading process, if you actually look into it, they look at a card for roughly 45 seconds before deeming its grade. They're not looking at this shit for five minutes with a microscope and grading it. They don't have time for that. It takes 30 to 45 seconds to dictate the grade of a card.
