[Scourge of Ages]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/jeopardy-challenge-day-two-watson-annihilates-weak-humans.html

Have you heard about this yet? The two greatest Jeopardy! (human) champions ever go up against an IBM computer trained to solve Jeopardy! clues. It's awesome to watch.

[headdie]

first chess and now quiz shows, what next reality tv?????????

[PsychoLandlord]

Huh. I'm actually surprised it didn't do better. That said, everyone start bunkering down for the inevitable Jeopardy-skynet incident.

[Ghostavo]

On the defense of chess players everywhere, in correspondence chess, humans still reign over computers.

[Rodo]

Well, we can all stop working and let the machines make the hard work for us, even think!

LOL

[SpardaSon21]

Don't say that.  Computers can now do scientific experiments without any human input.

[Scotty]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/jeopardy-challenge-day-two-watson-annihilates-weak-humans.html

Have you heard about this yet? The two greatest Jeopardy! (human) champions ever go up against an IBM computer trained to solve Jeopardy! clues. It's awesome to watch.

Smart guy vs. computer purpose built to be good at Jeopardy! in a Jeopardy! game?  Totally fair matchup.

[General Battuta]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/jeopardy-challenge-day-two-watson-annihilates-weak-humans.html

Have you heard about this yet? The two greatest Jeopardy! (human) champions ever go up against an IBM computer trained to solve Jeopardy! clues. It's awesome to watch.

Smart guy vs. computer purpose built to be good at Jeopardy! in a Jeopardy! game?  Totally fair matchup.

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

[StarSlayer]

Maybe Watson is just hooked up to Google 

[Rodo]

Maybe Watson is just hooked up to Google 

You laught at it... that's what I was thinking too.

And I'm starting to think it's close to that, really close.

[MP-Ryan]

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

It's not.  Watson is getting the clues via text.

[General Battuta]

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

It's not.  Watson is getting the clues via text.

the ****er

[Polpolion]

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

Even the fact that it can turn a question posed in natural language  into something it can interpret and answer is very impressive, voice and image interpretation aside.

Can't wait until all these computers start to fill the same role as Multivac so we can ask them how to reverse entropy.

[Nohiki]

Maybe Watson is just hooked up to Google 

It's not hooked to net.

Can't wait until all these computers start to fill the same role as Multivac so we can ask them how to reverse entropy.

entropy = -(information) ==> information = -(entropy)

[General Battuta]

Can't wait until all these computers start to fill the same role as Multivac so we can ask them how to reverse entropy.

entropy = -(information) ==> information = -(entropy)

I am afraid that is not how it works my chap

[IceFire]

Still it's just an American computer... thinks Toronto is a US city

[Bobboau]

I have a feeling that the creation of light is somehow involved.

[DarkBasilisk]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/jeopardy-challenge-day-two-watson-annihilates-weak-humans.html

Have you heard about this yet? The two greatest Jeopardy! (human) champions ever go up against an IBM computer trained to solve Jeopardy! clues. It's awesome to watch.

Smart guy vs. computer purpose built to be good at Jeopardy! in a Jeopardy! game?  Totally fair matchup.

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

Not really. It's a cluster of 90 top of the line, high power IBM servers, and it runs every algorithm imaginable in a short span of time, giving the answer as the one most of the runs agreed on. Their accomplishment was the logistics of doing such a massive brute force attempt, the amount we can use this approach practically is rather limited.

[General Battuta]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/jeopardy-challenge-day-two-watson-annihilates-weak-humans.html

Have you heard about this yet? The two greatest Jeopardy! (human) champions ever go up against an IBM computer trained to solve Jeopardy! clues. It's awesome to watch.

Smart guy vs. computer purpose built to be good at Jeopardy! in a Jeopardy! game?  Totally fair matchup.

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

Not really. It's a cluster of 90 top of the line, high power IBM servers, and it runs every algorithm imaginable in a short span of time, giving the answer as the one most of the runs agreed on. Their accomplishment was the logistics of doing such a massive brute force attempt, the amount we can use this approach practically is rather limited.

I think you missed why I was declaring it impressive.

[Kosh]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/jeopardy-challenge-day-two-watson-annihilates-weak-humans.html

Have you heard about this yet? The two greatest Jeopardy! (human) champions ever go up against an IBM computer trained to solve Jeopardy! clues. It's awesome to watch.

Smart guy vs. computer purpose built to be good at Jeopardy! in a Jeopardy! game?  Totally fair matchup.

Assuming the only input is Trebek's voice and the information on the screen, and not some kind of supplementary line for Watson, this actually represents quite a robust piece of machinery with extremely impressive capabilities.

Indeed, not to mention the next gen heuristics needed to properly sort the input against its database.