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IBM supercomputer will compete on Jeopardy
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article published on 14 December, 2010
IBM's supercomputer "Watson" will take on human contestants on "Jeopardy" this coming February, taking on all-time champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.
In 2005, Ken Jennings won 74 straight games en route to $2.5 million in earnings. Rutter did not win as many games, but took home $3.2 million, the highest ever.
Watson will take on Rutter and Jennings over a three-day period and ... [ read the full article ]
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GryphB
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14. December 2010 @ 19:03 |
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Computer is only as smart as the people who make it and run it. It doesn't need to be smarter than it needs to be.
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14. December 2010 @ 22:40 |
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It probably needs to be smarter than it is to win this game. The trivia itself isn't really the trick; it is figuring out the exact question asked, then finding the exact answer needed from search results. It seems easy for us humans; any human on this show with a high speed internet connection would be called a cheater...but the hard part for humans is the easy part for the computer, and vice-versa.
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shortybob
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15. December 2010 @ 01:54 |
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Watson was solely created to "answer questions posed in natural language...
Crap. I can see how this is going to play out...
Trebek: This is the sound a doggy makes. [Watson buzzes in] Yes, Watson.
Watson: Moo.
Trebek: No.
Watson: Well, that's the sound your mother made last night!
Trebek: We would have accepted "bow wow" or "ruff"
Watson: Ah, ruff! Just how your mother likes it, Trebek!
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15. December 2010 @ 03:01 |
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LoL...they really should invest more time into the "yo mamma" processor...it would be hilarious to see a trash talking computer.
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stuntman_
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15. December 2010 @ 03:57 |
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is anyone else thinking skynet?
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15. December 2010 @ 06:05 |
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Why bother making a computer to communicate with humans if it only needs to kill them?
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dufas
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16. December 2010 @ 11:19 |
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Compassionate euthanasia..... IBM cares...
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