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02-15-2011, 05:46 PM
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Watching the Jeopardy IBM challenge...they have a super-computer playing against two of the most successful human players ever...so far the computer's winning...this is so hilarious to me right now
Skynet's not too far away huh? lol
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02-15-2011, 07:26 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | I thought the two human contestants could have done much better. While the computer has a big advantage because of its knowledge base and speed of information access, at times it looked like the human contestants were holding back for whatever reason. I didn't think the questions were all that tough (although some were), I even answered a couple of them before Watson! I was impressed with the computer, but only to a point.
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02-15-2011, 08:52 PM
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02-15-2011, 08:56 PM
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02-15-2011, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus  seemed rigged to me | +1 It looked that way to me, too!
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02-15-2011, 09:49 PM
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02-15-2011, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by johndough247 Skynet's not too far away huh? lol | My last name is Watson, so I figure I'll be spared while the rest of you are enslaved and/or slaughtered. 
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02-15-2011, 09:58 PM
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(yes i know it was named after it's inventor not the fictional sidekick)
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02-15-2011, 09:58 PM
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02-15-2011, 10:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Memphis, TN | | | I don't think the guys are holding back. I think that the computer is just able to ring in faster. "He" is skunking them though.
The thing that irritates me the most is how much time they waste talking about "Watson". They waste so much time that they can only get in one round in a 30 minute show. Just get on with it. I'll be glad when they get back to 3 fallible human beings ready to duke it out...
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02-15-2011, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff K I don't think the guys are holding back. I think that the computer is just able to ring in faster. "He" is skunking them though.
The thing that irritates me the most is how much time they waste talking about "Watson". They waste so much time that they can only get in one round in a 30 minute show. Just get on with it. I'll be glad when they get back to 3 fallible human beings ready to duke it out... | I agree that they did talk about Watson quite often, but if they didn't give the history behind it, more of us would be yelling that it was rigged, no?
And yea, a computer can send an electrical signal to trigger the buzzer much faster than a human brain can tell the thumb to squeeze...so in that respect it was kinda rigged...makes me wonder what the computer was doing those few times the other guys got a word in (prolly a hiccup due to downloading/installing a few critical system updates?  )
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02-15-2011, 10:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Close enough to San Fran | | That last question about the airports in chicago should be pretty for a computer, yet it got it wrong and added a bunch of ? marks for comedic effect? Someone is obviously pulling a Wizard of Oz on this one...
I don't trust IBM anyway after seeing the documentary about Kasparov vs. Deep Blue 
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02-15-2011, 10:31 PM
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02-15-2011, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus Dude, I don't know where the f*** ^ came from, but it is seriously creepin me the hell out! | The guy has a total of 2 posts. Same exact thing in two different threads with no explanation. Who friggin' knows...
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02-15-2011, 11:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | You all should have checked out the Nova episode talking about the genesis of the Watson program and the current state of artificial intelleigence. The big deal here is not the fact that Watson has such a huge database and can answer just about any question, the big deal is how it can understand and answer those questions and give the right answer to the right question in the first place. The very first test run done in front of Jeopardy producers was almost a complete bust because it kept misinterpreting questions in odd ways that the human players had no trouble understanding. Only after tweaking it somewhat and a second audition where it did much better were they able to convince the producers it was a viable contestant. As I said, you need to check out the Nova special before you start making premature claims as to how the game is "fixed".
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02-15-2011, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton You all should have checked out the Nova episode talking about the genesis of the Watson program and the current stae of artificial intelleigence. The big deal here is not the fact that Watson has such a huge database and can answer just about any question, the big deal is how it can understand and answer those questions and give the right answer to the right question in the first place. The very first test run done in front of Jeopardy producers was almost a complete bust because it kept misinterpreting questions in odd ways that the human players had no trouble understanding. Only after tweaking it somewhat and a second audition where it did much better were they able to convince the producers it was a viable contestant. As I said, you need to check out the Nova special before you start making premature claims as to how the game is "fixed". | Hmmmm, you actually just changed my perspective, and though I do still sense something a bit fishy, I understand what this is really about! Regards, C.Linton!
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02-15-2011, 11:16 PM
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02-15-2011, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar I've seen this story before. Except one dude had a blue ox and giant axe. | True dat!
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02-15-2011, 11:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: St. Louis | | | The computer should have a delay on the button, equal to the average time it takes a human to hit the buzzer. Plenty of unfairness in the button hitting speed area, IMO.
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