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Jeopardy and Watson... Incredible
- Thread starter ddbowdoin
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I missed that one! I only watched tonight... he/she killed it tonight
RonAnnArbor
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Both Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter basically looked like deer in the headlights the last two nights...not surprising since the test run in January had the same blowout, it wasn't like the computer was going to get less smart over the past month....
But it was fun....and I am sure IBM got exactly what it wanted, which is an increase in their stock price...
But it was fun....and I am sure IBM got exactly what it wanted, which is an increase in their stock price...
Wilt Dasney
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I missed the whole week's worth of episodes. If they're uploaded anywhere, I'd love to watch.
PBS ran a very interesting hour-long show about the problems IBM had to overcome to make Watson competitive. He had some very bumpy test runs during the process. In case anyone thinks this was a simple thing, watching the problems they had to overcome in that show will give you a lot of respect for the end result.
PBS ran a very interesting hour-long show about the problems IBM had to overcome to make Watson competitive. He had some very bumpy test runs during the process. In case anyone thinks this was a simple thing, watching the problems they had to overcome in that show will give you a lot of respect for the end result.
WDWScottieBoy
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Very impressive indeed. Was funny when either Ken or Brad would answer incorrectly and Watson would then answer incorrectly with the same answer. And to miss a fairly simple Final Jeopardy question by using a Canadian city for a US city question is funny.
There was an article on Gizmodo about this. Turns out it was actually an over site on the part of the programmers. They just never thought about that scenario. Nonetheless it was still quite impressive. Like Ken Jennings said on his final Jeopardy question "I for one welcome our new computer overloads"
Nemo14
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I thought he said "overlords" ?There was an article on Gizmodo about this. Turns out it was actually an over site on the part of the programmers. They just never thought about that scenario. Nonetheless it was still quite impressive. Like Ken Jennings said on his final Jeopardy question "I for one welcome our new computer overloads"
Testtrack321
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Two interesting notes of programming of Watson
1.) Humans have concentration, Watson does not. Watson skipped all around categories and price ranges, throwing off the humans. Humans usually down down columns, Watson jumped around or went down across rows.
2.) Watson seemed to be programmed to search of the Daily Double.
Very interesting proof of concept. As others have said, it shows a computer can be programmed to understand differences in human communication and that's exciting.
1.) Humans have concentration, Watson does not. Watson skipped all around categories and price ranges, throwing off the humans. Humans usually down down columns, Watson jumped around or went down across rows.
2.) Watson seemed to be programmed to search of the Daily Double.
Very interesting proof of concept. As others have said, it shows a computer can be programmed to understand differences in human communication and that's exciting.
If I am not mistaken he was. He was programed with virtually every daily double location in the history of the game and would go to the most probable location. He was also programed to calculate the right amount to wager based on several factors. This is why he was betting such weird amounts.
Wilt Dasney
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Yep...Ken Jennings says the DD locations are not randomly distributed, and he, Brad and Watson were all "looking" in the most probable locations.
http://www.slate.com/id/2284721/