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Tony
12/14/2010, 04:07 PM
Who will win?

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/i-b-m-supercomputer-watson-to-challenge-jeopardy-stars/?scp=1&sq=watson%20jeopardy&st=cse


An I.B.M. supercomputer system named after the company’s founder, Thomas J. Watson Sr., is almost ready for a televised test: a bout of questioning on the quiz show “Jeopardy.”

I.B.M. and the producers of “Jeopardy” will announce on Tuesday that the computer, “Watson,” will face the two most successful players in “Jeopardy” history, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in three episodes that will be broadcast Feb. 14-16, 2011.

For I.B.M., “Watson” is an important test of artificial intelligence. Scientists there have been talking to “Jeopardy” about a man vs. machine match-up for the better part of two years. “If the program beats the humans, the field of artificial intelligence will have made a leap forward,” John Markoff of The New York Times wrote in April 2009.

In a news release, the companies said the format of “Jeopardy” was “the ultimate challenge” for “Watson” because “the game’s clues involve analyzing subtle meaning, irony, riddles and other complexities in which humans excel and computers traditionally do not.”

The
12/14/2010, 04:09 PM
Deep Blue

rekamrettuB
12/14/2010, 04:11 PM
Does the computer have thumbs?

2121Sooner
12/14/2010, 04:23 PM
Ken doesnt stand a chance against 3G

soonerinabilene
12/14/2010, 04:45 PM
This is how Skynet starts...

reflector
12/14/2010, 04:51 PM
Deep Blue

Deep Blue Jr.

The
12/14/2010, 04:52 PM
Deep Blue Jr.

No, Deep Blue.

stoops the eternal pimp
12/14/2010, 04:53 PM
Is Watson using Dial up?

reflector
12/14/2010, 04:54 PM
No, Deep Blue.

Kasparov beat Deep Blue. He lost to Deep Blue Jr. though. Deep Blue Jr. is the best.

The
12/14/2010, 04:55 PM
Kasparov beat Deep Blue. He lost to Deep Blue Jr. though. Deep Blue Jr. is the best.

No, Deep Blue.

badger
12/14/2010, 05:13 PM
Unlike Deep Blue, Kasparov needs rest between exhaustive chess games... yeah yeah I know, chess can't be exhaustive, right? All you do is sit in a chair and think? Just remember how you feel after eight hours (or more) on the job. Tired? There you go. Chess is tiring too.

Adrian
12/14/2010, 05:16 PM
I think Ken Jennings can beat any commuter....

Tony
12/14/2010, 05:16 PM
This thread is about Jeopardy, people.

rekamrettuB
12/14/2010, 05:29 PM
I'm taking the humans. How is this thing going to press the buzzer?


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usaosooner
12/14/2010, 05:41 PM
don't think the computer will get the subtext of some questions

yermom
12/14/2010, 06:14 PM
does it get Google? are they just going to load wikipedia on the thing, or what?

badger
12/14/2010, 06:24 PM
Are there ways to abuse this poor machine? I know you have to wait till the end of the question, but still... perhaps phrasing an answer in slang?

Ardmore_Sooner
12/15/2010, 01:23 AM
What is 110101?

yermom
12/15/2010, 01:32 AM
53?