Jeopardy! IBM Watson Day 2 (Feb 15, 2011) Part 1/2

[acciddropproductions]

Programming fail at 0:23 supposed to say Here's your chance to win a laptop and some cash but says Here's YOU chance to win a laptop and some cash.

[CaptainOvide]

That Watson Computer just won't let the other Two get a Chance at answering.

[IceyLava108]

Alex: What are you gonna wager?

Watson: I'll wager $6,435.

Alex: I won't ask..

LOL

[slimmdogg420]

@IceyLava108 Obviously Watson factored in his opponents stack sizes with the amount they were likely to win on the remaining categories.Betting the most he could and still not be at major risk of losing.Its kinda like playing poker I bet Watson would be one hell of a poker bot!!!

[madpistol]

0:26 is an advertisement for Jeopardy... It's "your", not you.

Somebody was just taken out back and shot, me thinks.

[unleashed102]

skynet



[15Vano]

Applause for a machine ?

[DrJinIchi]

@15Vano applause for the creators of the machine

[TheAtheistPriest]

@15Vano

No, applause for the audience at home (American tv, what do you expect?).

[mattwo7]

Now if IBM could just prefect speech synthesis...

[wrongfire]

Watson is a pro at getting that daily double.... very pro o_o

[WMandrola]

I'm sorry, Alex.....

[IceMetalPunk]

The algorithm should be simple: make a 2 or 3 dimensional map that maps each word in the question (ignoring articles and pronouns, etc.) to every other word that appears in some source with it. Weight each word or phrase based on the number of matching sources, giving more weight to those in more maps. Repeat, and you have a ranked list. The confidence will be based on the total remaining maps as well as the closeness between the top two ranks. If I had 16TB and a 100 server DB, I could do it.

[ksrm2]

@IceMetalPunk You are not even close, sorry.

[IceMetalPunk]

@ksrm2 Really? Have you tried out my suggestion? You do realize that since all the source material is written in natural language, finding words and/or phrases that are most commonly used together is likely to find the correct answer to a question, right?

[ksrm2]

@IceMetalPunk You do realise Watson is the product of years of research by a large team of engineers? One of those engineers gave a talk at my university on Watson's architecture. This stuff is on Wikipedia. "The" algorithm (there is no single approach taken, hundreds of different hypotheses and *types* of hypotheses are generated and tested in parallel) is by no means "simple". It's not just a matter of matching words up with each other. Have *you* tried out your suggestion?

[IceMetalPunk]

@ksrm2 I have, in fact. Of course, the database I used was much, much smaller because of the impractical memory usage (both hard drive space and RAM), but it worked fairly well, all things considered. I firmly believe that with a larger database and a 4,000x faster processor (like the 16TB of RAM that Watson has), it would work out on par with Watson. Sometimes, the simplest solution is the best, and you don't need a computer to understand natural language in order to parse it.

[ksrm2]

@IceMetalPunk Well I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours, but know that there is a big difference between what you think "should be simple" and reality.

[ksrm2]

@IceMetalPunk In fact after the NLP stage (which again is somewhat more sophisticated that pairing words up) Watson's code becomes very specialised for e.g. solving anagrams and looking for wordplay. In this regard it's quite like an expert system. But I'm sure it's all needlessly complicated, gj on single handedly revolutionising NLP and automated reasoning.

[EPICconvention]

this is the HAL prototype. it Will go to Space.

[gargoyleb]

The look on Alex's face "$6435.... ok...." I wonder if Watson was allowed to come up with his own numbers for that or if it was predetermined.

[sune232]

@gargoyleb The amount of money he came up with is made from probability analysis, in other words "on his own".

[joeeoj010]

give me a 10 second lead and a laptop with internet connection and i'll bet i can beat watson...

[wildman00sax]

@joeeoj010

Watson didn't have an internet connection. It was using it's own data (knowledge).

[storyboardcomics]

game starts at 4:50

[Spartain117A]

I Love Alex... I wonder how much longer he will stay on jepordy

[Doubledippen]

Why does Watson have the same voice and behaviour like Sheldon Cooper?

[YoshiDude12]

Watson: $1246 please.

Me: How about $1246 and 75 cents to make it more random. -_-

[crazenate]

Isn't that special?

[spartacus778]

6:42 6,435 dollars. LOL

[Shnimberz]

Why do scientist write on glass with the dry erase markers (shown here 3:15). I know it looks cool but is there a real reason for it? Please someone answer me I'm so curious to know!

[crazenate]

@Shnimberz They look better than white erase boards. Even when you're not using them they don't look out of place.

[AverageBudgetFilms]

I used to be a supercomputer until I took a byte to the knee.

[iliketv23]

I wonder when he'll become self aware?

[williamkane117]

@iliketv23 That would require actual thought, and despite what it seems, Watson (as it is on the show) is incapable of actually thinking since its not a cognitive computer. Its a high-performance analytics system that can only learn, synthesize and provide an output. However they do hope to upgrade him to a cognitive computer...or so I hear!

[Tashfique]

This is not fair! Watson is receiving the string way before the other contestants.

[link2110]

@Tashfique how? Watson receives the hint in text format at the same time it is visually shown to the other contestants.

[cjtvJHON]

Watson is doing traps!!!

[ca1cifer]

IBM should use Watson technology to make a search engine.

[steezysn0brdr]

Came here for Watson but enjoy Jeopardy as well !!

[STOPTHEEU]

My god the amount of bloody adverts on American television is beyond a joke... I'm seriously beginning to wonder how you put up with it?!

[aspankedmonkey]

@STOPTHEEU well... there is this thing call a remote control. It sends radio frequencies to some sort of receiver, and that either changes to frequency that a cable signal or changes the digital input of a digital signal. we call it changing the channel

[STOPTHEEU]

@aspankedmonkey Well here in Britain there are no adverts on BBC1 so we don't need to bother.

Thing is though you have far more commercial breaks than we do. I'm surprised how many there were in this program. Interesting program though...

However there was no need for your sarcasm what so ever...

[siukong]

@STOPTHEEU It seems to me that these episodes have more commercial breaks than usual. Perhaps due to their nature as a "Special Presentation" sort of thing, especially one that's spread over two shows? When I've watched 'normal' Jeopardy, there have usually been three breaks: one halfway through the first round, one between rounds 1 and 2, and one before Final Jeopardy.

[STOPTHEEU]

@siukong Ah! Fair enough then! Although the States do tend to have more adds than we do here in Britain. Football grounds are a prime example but this for me although it was an awesome program it had commercial overkill!

Here in Britain we pay a license to watch TV which funds production thus reducing adds... Perhaps its just what I'm used to? :-)

[siukong]

@STOPTHEEU Speaking of football, I always found all the logos on the jerseys to be rather distracting and obtrusive. But that's not to say that ads in North America sports broadcasts aren't - they're just more in the form of "this quarter brought to you by _____"

I think most of us can agree that advertising is AT BEST an annoyance. Personally, I don't think I'd mind paying a license fee if it might noticeably fewer advertisements. How much time per 60 minutes is taken up by ads in the UK?

[STOPTHEEU]

@siukong I don't know but I'm certain its fewer. BBC 1 has no adverts other than for other BBC programs. Advert rules are strict here but they do tend to have louder volume and try to be more amusing to catch people attention.

Believe it or not we are the only nation in the world who has an increase in electricity use rather than a decrease when the adverts come on because everyone gets up to make a cup of tea of coffee! Perhaps thats why they advertise louder?

[STOPTHEEU]

@siukong Here's a classic British ad! /watch?v=jN6m-48NMEY

[intermender]

The avatar looks like the monolith in 2001 XD

[AndyDufresne987]

@intermender I thought it was the monolith just a little updated

[tuseroni]

look out into the audience, see how many people have glasses.

[gaccer]

all those engineers looked like proud parents...

[kpreston69]

Finaly I got a hardon for computers again.

[TheDivineWinds]

6435...1246...this guy's a pro.

[bosanaczauvjek]

this thing is cheating it they said it wouldnt answer the question if its confidence didnt reach the threshold. yet it answered bagdad even though its % did not reach the threshold and alex told it to take a guess even though they said it cant hear him it just gets info through electrical signals.

[ethanboudreaux]

@bosanaczauvjek it was the daily double, and i'm sure they have someone controlling watson for those situations

[bosanaczauvjek]

@ethanboudreaux but if someone is controlling it then it is not able to understand and analyse in real time which is the purpose of watson

[edude1100]

@bosanaczauvjek dude, it was the daily double so it had to answer, it bid a lot of money and it cant give up just cuz it wasnt positive. in daily doubles the person who found it has to answer, no one else. alex never said take guess, watson said "I'll take a guess"

[TheExDeus]

@bosanaczauvjek Alex didn't tell him to take a guess. Watson said that he will. And he did take the guess even below the threshold, because you have to answer the daily double. If you don't, then you lose all the wagered money anyway, so its better to say something.

[leethedster]

where's part 3

[karkrashful]

some of these questions are so easy, how come the humans never buzz in before watson? the game is rigged!

[WandererOfWorlds90]

@karkrashful It's not rigged. Natural language is a real research field, IBM didn't do this just for publicity. They're already famous anyway.

[karkrashful]

@WandererOfWorlds90 i didnt say anything about IBM, im saying that because watson buzzes in electronically directly from its servers, i has an edge of the humans who have reaction times because of physical limits. what if watson always does buzz in faster than the humans

[ethanboudreaux]

@karkrashful Watson has a physical buzzer that he pushes with an electronic plunger (the glass case directly to his right our left). watch part on of day one. he is not directly linked into the buzzing system

[karkrashful]

@ethanboudreaux oh yeah! i wasnt paying attention in the beginning lol

[Charmolution]

I hope he doesn't decide to flood the studio with deadly neurotoxin...

[MeamoRamon]

@Charmolution xDD this comment made my day xD

[SirenNecko1]

@Charmolution you got that from portal didn't you?

[desert123100]

@Charmolution You just made my day.

[SounderBruce]

@Charmolution At least we get cake.

[Buyakaasha]

now they just need to teach it to give a handjob so theres a market for it....

[LT21DTOWN]

@Buyakaasha lmao xD

[legomasterv1]

"I'll take a guess..." Well, you are supposed to answer it you know. Elementary my dear Watson.

[omalor]

Either Google or Wikipedia, created a bot, like those who are programmed to write spam emails, and sent it to this page to click the dislike button.

[Okami2308]

@omalor LOL



[omalor]

Watson: "The art of the steal for 1600 ... no offense guys"

[ObscureDEG]

...fuck you watson...

[ShockDropped]

you'd think ken at least come in 2nd

[cherryberry160]

When I tuned into this on TV, I hadn't seen Jeopardy since I was... six? Maybe? I'm sixteen now, and my first thoughts when Alex walked out was "Holy shit, he's still alive?!" XDDD

[Humbe123]

R2 D2

[bamai59]

Last week, I caught my microwave plotting something with my refrigerator. Ever since i discovered the plot, my washing machine has been eying me suspiciously.... and i NEVER trusted my espresso machine...

[MiladyMidori]

I love Trebek's reaction to Watson's Daily Double wager. XD

[iNemoden]

6:40 ROFL

[gibbledman]

They should have made Watson look and sound like HAL-9000!!  "I am incapable of error, Mr. Trebek."

[XPil3s]

@365Octaves nah.. they are too busy fucking up Youtube, and pissing of youtube users 

[uut0]

6435$ lol

[BottledFun]

good lord i'm so scared!!!!!!! O.O

[Saxshoe]

@365Octaves 010010100101010101010110000010­101010101010101 #@%$#!

[Thereviewser]

Game starts at 4:30

[havee3333333]

Science bitches!!! It works :D

[Jormund88]

When they introduce the contestants, it's like a scene you would see on Futurama, LOL

[waterwind2266]

I just want to go on "Jeopardy" just so that I can say something like, "I'll wager 7,239 dollars and 72 cents.

[Commanche213]

So yes, it can play jeopardy. but......will it blend?

[uut0]

@Commanche213 in robot apocalypse future, watson blends you!

[Commanche213]

@uut0 the soviets won't like this..

[CloudStrifeKOL]

@uut0 But will I blend? That is the question.

[loadedjogger]

6345, 1246? Where's Watson getting these numbers? Why doesn't he choose something simple? Is it for amusement? boredom? bad arithmetic? Do we find out at long last that WATSON is weak in math skill?

[BlackVirusxz]

@loadedjogger He calculates exactly specific numbers strategically, based on the other players' winnings and his own.

[Angie2343]

@BlackVirusxz Yeah!

[geomodelrailroader]

one wrong and an over wager Watson what am I going to do with you. 

[richboi2001]

i love how watson was like "Ill wager $6,345"

[justin63125]

@richboi2001 it's so funny!!!!!!

[killswitchdeath]

google creamed their pants

[sgsgy]

Thanks For Posting

[StevenCasteel]

what is with the google bashing? I'm sure most of their staff watched this like giddy little school children. As a side note, it would be awesome to see what Google could put together to compete with watson.

[IQSplash]

OMG.. set this thing online... i have so many questions xD xD ... fuck off google.. this machine is 1000 times better ^^

[thsgfbhstsbtrtsthstb]

Haha at 0:21 the little pop up on the TV screen says "Here's YOU chance to win a laptop and cash!" Grammar FAIL!

[Fa3l0l0en]

skip to 4:50 to see actual gameplay

[privateabstract]

@365Octaves implying Google isn't capable of this.

[TheMod1fy]

6435 Randomizer much? lol

[TwoTekah]

@TheMod1fy its not a randomizer....its the exact amount he though he needed so if he got it wrong, it wouldnt put him down, but enough to give him a bigger lead...... please, dont be ignorant, they wouldnt make the computer randomly pick a number to bet....

[TLx518]

wheres holmes?

[Cyadd]

Who can not like this?

[TheBrickolas]

@Cyadd John & Sarah Connor

[BuckwildWill]

Potent Potables?

[midlights]

Game starts at 4:49 fyi

[frembo1]

Watson is only using 1% of his processing power for Jeopardy. The other 99% is focused on making a Terminator.

[ricepaddy69]

3:14 Man, that guy was writing backwards, and fast, too. Crazy.

[chahlsNO]

6435. Do not forget that number.

[ricepaddy69]

@chahlsNO We shouldn't forget 1246 either.

[vikingflower]

Wow.. watson is totalllllly kicking their asses! amazing!

[rkky]

so many phD's working together in a corporation

[strykarhund]

Sean Connery could beat Watson.

[wijse]

Stupid meatbags

[beatle96]

ken was getting a bit annoyed....

silly meat puppet

[beatle96]

ay tood broot

i don't think he has has latin down

[kazzsaru]

Daily Double:

"What are you gonna wager?"

"I'll.wager.6435.dollers."

*audience light laughter*

*pause*

"I wont ask, I wont ask..."

Made me LOL

[TheFlicker98]

I watched this yesterday, the day before, and tonight. Gotta love Jeopardy!!

[Whodeyman17]

@cloverhilltonight the point is not who wins the game, its the fact that Watson can compute spoken language like the rest of us.

[dewsnider]

@Whodeyman17 Don't forget, it's not SPOKEN language, more NATURAL language patterns. As stated in the first episode, Watson does not hear the clues.

[CloverHillTonight]

Watson cheats. Machine reflexes are faster than human ones. They're not comparing intellect, all of them know the answers! All they're proving is that Watson can react faster than Jennings and Rutter - not that it is "smarter".

[bradchd]

@CloverHillTonight Machine reflexes are faster than human ones, but I don't see how that's cheating -- if it is, then how could a machine not cheat in such a competition?

And it wasn't purely a matter of reflexes: there were questions that Jennings and Rutter answered incorrectly, so not all three players knew all of the answers.

[morales3381]

@CloverHillTonight You are wrong. Watson doesn't necessarily know the answer, he has to process his stored information to decipher what the question is asking and to sort his knowledge to provide the best answer. Watson doesn't know the questions ahead of time, and you have to understand that computers don't understand our English language. The only language they perfectly know is computer code.

[Flashman2006]

@CloverHillTonight Well how about this: It's JUST AS smart as the other two players, but also happens to have faster reflexes.

[birdmanatlaw]

We're all done for......

[Gahro]

What's up with those random bets?

[OllersFunnys]

@Gahro Watson's bets are based on precise calculations according to its score.

[malakartun]

That is amazing!

[homsar19]

Wow. How embarrassing for humanity.

[forreal22]

@homsar19 how is this embarrassing for humanity...he's a supercomputer BUILT by humanity.

[forreal22]

Respond to this video...  built BY* humans. if anything, this proves that humans really are incredible beings.

[uncfan32134]

@forreal22 It proves only that we are incredible by our own definition of the word.

[forreal22]

@uncfan32134 lols, this is true. well, we're not too shabby i would say.

[xde0mega]

thanks for posting, by the way.

[xde0mega]

shut up and play the farking game!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[josephnigelfrye]

watson killing it....how you think he got both doubles?

[shinunotenshi]

@josephnigelfrye Well, the more answers you get right the bigger the chance you'll get the double, since you get to pick the category a lot.

[infzy]

thanks for posting!!