Fred McGriff Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 I watched an episode of Nova last night explaining how Watson has been programmed to compete on jeopardy. Interesting stuff. At first I was like, big whoop, IBM made a computer that can store a lot of facts, of course a computer should win at jeopardy. But it's fairly more complex than that. It has to parse such a wide variety of cleverly worded jeopardy-style questions (or answers technically). What I was disappointed to discover was that Watson doesn't actually "see" or "hear" the questions like the contestants, but rather receives them via text simultaneously as trebek reads them. That's much less compelling. And also, as the article below concludes, Watson must have an enormous advantage at timing the buzzer. So it's not really a perfectly fair matchup. Anyway Watson will be on jeopardy this monday, should be interesting, and hopefully funny with some weirdly incorrect answers. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/arts/television/09nova.html Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 then will it go be drunk in the ocean at night? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 hahaha Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 haho Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deep Fried Everything Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 for sure! this should be good, though it appears it is on at 3:30pm local time here which is a HUGE wtf. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 apparently wikipedia is one of its sources so if we just contaminate the entire thing with bogus info, lols will no doubt ensue Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) i think it's too late for this. they already built the database. edit: i'm on wikipédia. edit2: or in Edited February 10, 2011 by Babar Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 IBM Computers Can't Jump. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide FLA FUR BIS FLE's signature Hide all signatures through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses and people. shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 yeah that's true they've actually already filmed the jeopardy episodes as well. oh well let's ruin all of wikipedia anyway. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 my mates put me on wikipedia. Most mental thing about it is when you find out you're also in various translations of wikipedia. And... is there any paper about watson ? i'm ready to wagger it's semantic engine is more encyclopedic. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 dont know about info in french but you could start here... http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63713-anyone-going-to-watch-watson-play-jeopardy-next-week/#findComment-1513886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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