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I'd be shocked if the machine doesn't kick their asses.
I think the show actually airs on Feb 14th.....
http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainabilit...rs-in-jeopardy
After years of planning, IBM's learning, human-aware computer Watson was put to a compe ion like no other - a match of Jeopardy against quiz show heavyweights Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The result - Watson won. Barely.
The match, which Watson has been training for since 2009, was officially announced last year. At the end of last week, the multi-episode feature where Watson faces off against Jennings and Rutter was filmed.
But right before that, all three competed in a trial run at IBM's headquarters in New York State. The trial lasted as long as a normal game of Jeopardy would before its first commercial break - in other words, about enough time for the contestants to get through half of a round.
Right before the last clue of the round, Jennings and Watson were tied at $3,400. However, Watson chimed in to answer the final question and correctly identified the children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon. That set him ahead to $4,400. Rutter trailed at $1,200.
The full-length Jeopardy matches have been filmed, but no one is allowed to discuss the results. They'll be aired on TV next month, and at that time we'll really know who wins in the battle of man versus machine.
I'd be shocked if the machine doesn't kick their asses.
Im more amazed at the technology behind Watson... a computer that understands all the little nuances of the human language and speech.
This is like the computer aboard the Starship Enterprise... Ask it a question and it responds.
Think of how this would work in a home in the future...
Watson turns on the lights and wakes you up in the morning. you ask it to brew some coffee and to turn on the shower. You could ask it how the traffic is today and what the forecast is and it would respond. Tie it into your security system with video technology and facial recognition and it could call the police and literally describe an intruder to a dispatcher in real time.
All done through speech, no physical interface required and you dont have to pre-program certain phrases, it will just "understand" what you are asking.
Tons of cool stuff could come from this tech....
and then it will ing kill you
Or it turns into a robot version of Robin williams.
Then it develops a sense of humor and shoots coffee out of your showerhead.
Or it gets jealous of your wife and secretly videotapes her then uploads it to the internet.
Or it becomes murderous and calls 911, imitates your voice, and threatens a government official.
BEWARE THE COMPUTERS!!!!
or it gives you a blowjob
Just like in Artificial Intelligence..going to have Pimp robots getting more tail than any flesh human man. lol
Seriously..... do you all actually believe that a version of Skynet will be created and dominate human kind?
Last edited by phyzik; 01-20-2011 at 03:42 AM.
I have faith in the Stormin' Mormon. My money's on Ken "What is a ho?" Jennings.
Damn, Watson beasted all over the champs.
Yep. Not even close so far.
What's Watson going to do with his winnings?
Hookers and blow.
You think Watson was programmed with herpes recognition?
I'm sure he's been updated with the latest anti-virus protection.
Jennings did way better tonight. He surely did what Watson can't : adapt. I noticed last night that you pretty much have to ring in instantly to have a chance at answering any question that computer knows so you can't wait and you just have to smash that button. Thats what he was doing tonight and it worked out better for him.
Manny, how many more episodes are there with Watson, or was tonight's the last one?
Watson gets to decide that... now that it realized the human minions are of no use, it'll just toy with them until it gets bored and activates the nuclear codes...
Good point. IBM should have just named it T-1000.
Tonight was it as far as I know.
The buzzer thing is a big part of the game even without the computer. My mom was on Jeopardy years ago and even though she won her first day, she got screwed by the buzzer a lot. For one thing, in order to give Trebek enough time to read the question uninterrupted, the buzzers don't register right away; the contestants are listening to/reading the question and watching a series of lights counting down to their ability to ring in at the same time. Also, they buzzers work in such a way that after each time you push the button your buzzer is unusable for something like a 1/2 second, which means that you can't just hold it down or keep pressing it. I think they also are (or at least were) set up to prevent two people ringing in simultaneously, meaning that two contestants can cancel each other out AND both be unable to ring in for that 1/2 second, leaving it open for the third contestant to ring in first even if they pushed the button last.
It's all very complicated.
Both Mr. Jennings and Mr. Rutter are accomplished at anticipating the light that signals it is possible to “buzz in,” and can sometimes get in with virtually zero lag time. The danger is to buzz too early, in which case the contestant is penalized and “locked out” for roughly a quarter of a second.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/sc...=2&ref=science
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