IBM's Watson victorious in Jeopardy; Our new computer overlord? | ZDNet
I find this amazing, and perhaps a little creepy, I wonder how this will be used to spy on us? 😉 How long until a computer can pass a Turing test?
I find this amazing, and perhaps a little creepy, I wonder how this will be used to spy on us? 😉 How long until a computer can pass a Turing test?
Not that fit the bill of the question about airports. Even I guessed that one right. Nice to see though. The presentation was not bad at all.
I was watching Watson. Ken Jennings didn't do as well as I thought he would.
Don't worry, the government has already been spying on us for a long time.
Yeah, I thought that it was kind of obvious. Either that or the computer was just messing with us.
. . . yet alone two airports named after someone/something from WWII.
I had to look it up. Didn't know that Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare was an air ace.
And ORD is what O'Hare airport used to be called - Orchard Field
I still refer to it as O'Hassle
I still refer to it as O'Hassle
Watson did win, it was a good show. My wife actually got a few the champs missed.
Was closer than I thought it would be, until final Jeopardy.
Interesting to see that Waston sometimes had the right answer, but was not quick enough.
Was closer than I thought it would be, until final Jeopardy.
Interesting to see that Waston sometimes had the right answer, but was not quick enough.
Interesting how they showed the "thought" process with the coloured bars. Top three answer and their estimated percentage of correctness. I noticed Watson only rang in when the top bar was green or so it seemed and if the bar was not past the line it did not ring in.
Yes, creepy indeed.
Did you notice that whenever the the answer was a person, Watson would say "What is..."?
Any computer that refers to people as "whats" needs to have its plug pulled.
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There is a nice blog entry in the New Yorker (magazine) about some of this. Reaction times and such. BTW, Watson would only buzz if he was >50% sure of the answer.
Watson probably won because he's faster on the buzzer.
Apparently on Jeopardy, fast reactions win. Seems that all three contestants have the correct answer 90% of the time, it's just the fastest on the buzzer that get it.
Here's the item: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/buzzer-beater.html
Watson probably won because he's faster on the buzzer.
Apparently on Jeopardy, fast reactions win. Seems that all three contestants have the correct answer 90% of the time, it's just the fastest on the buzzer that get it.
Here's the item: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/buzzer-beater.html
"Watson's" TV appearance was a fascinating demonstration of both hardware and software engineering. I personally think the later is the most impressive. Nevertheless, Watson was "tuned" to provide answers to trivia, and that doesn't mean that this necessarily equates to being useful in other areas. Eventually, though, I think it will. Jeopardy has provided an interesting look at future possibilities.
Everyone here, could supply questions that would cause Watson a bad case of indigestion.
Such as: "How do you feel about the opposite sex?"
Everyone here, could supply questions that would cause Watson a bad case of indigestion.
Such as: "How do you feel about the opposite sex?"
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What would the category be? ...and that is not phrased as an answer 😉
What is the opposite of not 😉
"Watson" got "whooped", as Muhammad Ali would have put it. It looks as if politicians really are smarter than the rest of us.
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