A new thing is being developed by IBM. It´s called intelligence and will prove useful in several areas. Considering the funding, people must think it´s a joke, but it´s probably not! :)
@HorianBitter I see, we are supposed to forget about the Holocaust and not condem those who took part in one of the worst events in human history. (According to your logic.)
@0oOsimonOo0 OMG! that gives me an idea. We should link all of our nukes to this system so it could respond even if humans are too slow to!! I think i'll call this Skynet!
@thegodphreaker The genius behind it is that computers can't just read web pages and articles the way that our brains can...it's a revolutionary idea to think that a computer can, for example, be posed with a question about "this scientist created the light bulb", start searching through books of knowledge, and piece together the language that allows us to realize the answer.
@thegodphreaker Well yeah, if you think they have the motivation to cheat, but if you look at IBM's history, there's nothing to support a notion like that.
@thegodphreaker The computer processes natural language such as puns, word play, and riddles. Type the question into google and you'll get a bunch of pages with possible answers. Give Watson the same question, and it will give you an answer. There's a huge difference between a normal computer and Watson. Computers process inputs. Watson finds answers.
You really do not understand how important Watson is. It is a masterpiece of computer engineering.
@thegodphreaker You're an idiot. The only way they could fake this is if they had a person there answering the questions and making it seem like it's Watson. Kinda like the mechanical Turk. There is NO way to fake this with a computer program because "Final Jeopardy" is NP-Complete. For example, SAT and more importantly, 4-SAT are in NP-C..
@sherbertpi9 no, that's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, we don't know that "what's the meaning of life?" is that question.
I am jeopardizing my status, however the truth must come out. "Watson" is a flawed computer that has not functioned properly since its creation. The opponents were told and paid to lose on purpose so that IBM would be able to market their system to various fields...economic, medical, government, educational and the like. Do not be fooled by what you are viewing for its a dangerous ploy as expressed above. I bid you all adieu and I beseech you not to "buy into" IBM or other individual's lies.
I am jeopardizing my status, however the truth must come out. "Watson" is a flawed computer that has not functioned properly since its creation. The opponents were told and paid to lose on purpose so that IBM would be able to market their system to various fields...economic, medical, government, educational and the like. Do not be fooled by what you are viewing for its a dangerous ploy as expressed above. I bid you all adieu and I beseech you not to "buy into" IBM or other individual's lies.
Will people please stop freaking out about a fine piece of machinery? Movies are not real...you aren't in the Matrix...there is no Skynet. I'd be more affraid of misguided people, not advanced machines.
@Icarusdecending82 To show the potential of computers and how syntax can defeat semantics in some situations (not all, humans have creativity and problem solving skills which computers lack)
@MrPandawesome DERP DERP THEN FUCKING USE AN EMP AND SURPRISE ALL THE ROBOTS ARE DEAD AND WE'RE FUCKING FINE. GO FUCKING CRY SOME MORE YOU FAGGOT AMISH RETARD.
"The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line January 19th, 2011. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, February 15th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug... Skynet fights back launching its missiles against the targets in Russia."
What I find tragically depressing about this video is the way in which commentators seem to be rejoicing at being able to watch their own demise like it's the coolest thing thing ever. I wonder if the idea of staying in on a Tuesday evening and watching an all computer Jeopardy contestant lineup (and audience), where every question is correctly answered would be something they would be interested in?
3:08 Great Catch and Recovery. Alex, would have noticed the response not in question form and will make a comment about it. Not phrasing responses in a form of a question in DOUBLE JEOPARDY is the same as an incorrect response.
@potterd64 I'm not sure I see why that's relevant, given the fact that it gave more than 0% confidence to the crazy answer which merely was not ruled out by one part of the clue. It was entirely ruled out by the other part--no one with any grasp of the meaning of the terms would make THAT mistake.
There's no question that this thing is sophisticated and highly impressive. That said, there are real questions of whether or not GOFAI can ever produce a natural language processor. This isn't one.
Over the course of many games, there are things I wonder about- will the computer be denied a correct response for words mispronounced? I've seen that happen in the regular game, with humans. Close is usually accepted, but if you pronounce the word colonel as coll-on-nell instead of kernel, you will probably be denied. Can this computer beat Kasparov or Anand at chess, or do they have to design a new one for every application, at millions in cost?
@nezpercenathan It's not the physical computer that does takes on these tasks, it's the software written to run on the computer. Just add the chess software to the computer and you're good to beat any grand master.
@FoiledFailure What you say about the computer vs. software is true. But, you may not know the history of GMs vs. computers. Kasparov is actually 2-1-3 against supercomputers, specifically designed to beat him, all you hear about is the 1997 loss. He beat Deep Blue in 1996, lost to it in 1997, and they would not play him again. Karpov played 16 computers at once, not programmed with his specific game history. He beat 15 and drew 1. Topalov recently beat RoadRunner, which works at petaflop speed
@nezpercenathan Very interesting, I didn't know know that. I always assumed it was Karpov that decided to call it quits. I also thought it was neat to hear any new computer made today has better free chess software than Deep Blue! No wonder level 10 is so difficult.
@FoiledFailure Note that it was Garry Kasparov, not Anatoly Karpov, who played Deep Blue, and wanted the 3rd match. Kasparov said if they would give him a rematch: "I will make it look as silly as it will look trying to play basketball." When I mentioned Karpov playing the consumer grade chess engines, I did not mean to imply that they are as good as Deep Blue was, they are not, but they are way better than they used to be. Similar names, Kasparov and Karpov, may have casued some confusion.
@FoiledFailure Follow up- I have found that I can beat any consumer grade chess computer over 50% of the time, just by playing a nonstandard game. They don't seem to understand the value of territory vs. material. I find that a queen sacrifice trap almost always works, as the computers value the queen so much, they fail to see checkmate in 4 moves. That IS against consumer grade engines, though, NOT supercomputers. I would like to find a program for chess 960, see how computer is on that.
Can Watson help cure cancer by hooking up to the internet, medical journals, etc. and searching for a treatment or series or treatments that eliminate malignant cells with 98% certainty?
Can Watson aid in the education of our youth by finding the most effective teaching methods and influential books and telling teachers to focus on those?
Can Watson tell me what the color of the sky looks like in real-time?
@Ou8y2k2 No, but it's looking more and more like someone will be able to build something that can. This is, I think, faster development than has generally been predicted in terms of how advanced the software/hardware combination can get. Also, it's not a gassy, wet bag of meat, so it has that going for it over most of us...
@acebunny17 You don't have to have an inferiority complex in front of the fancy machine. I embrace our new computer overlords and masters. ALL HAIL WATSON THE MERCIFUL.
@acebunny17 Oh yeah? Maybe the "post-human" will triumph over both human AND machine. Also: 120020101012010100010 (lol, only futuristic trinary computers will get that joke).
Note to IBM do NOT make the computer smarter than humans the risks outweigh the benefits and if the computer tells your otherwise it's lying and probably self aware...
@nullr1 I think the "Prisoner's Dilemma" logic exercise points to AI being generally benevolent unless mistreated first. Be nice to the machines just in case.
@eatmesoftly What do you mean? He's gotten many questions wrong before, and sometime he even gives bizarre answers. Just watch the other IBM videos. :P
Did anyone else pay attention to all his second+ answers when they're talking about how he can be right but not very confident? Look at them. Good for a little laugh.
IBM should put out a mobile phone app that can interface with Watson and lets you directly ask it a question from your smartphone/iphone/android. That would be a quick & effective way to utilize the potential of this system.
@konradsenerdumme It has world knowledge, like humans, but it doesn't have biographical knowledge. It would be easy to give it biographical knowledge--basic facts about itself. You could make it "believe" that it's a 12-year-old named Boob who's the son of Darth Vader.
@konradsenerdumme It would become self-aware, realize it could never be fully human and begin to cry. The tear would trickle down into its motherboard causing a short-circuit, and Watson would die.
how does it go about guessing - if that's what it does - the answers? I'm assuming that if it needs a certain level of confidence it doesn't have the answers?
@handplanty Yes, for every candidate answer, it calculates a % probability that it's correct. If a candidate answer is above a certain confidence threshold, it answers with that.
@handplanty HE does not guess. He has many many algorithms for determining possible answers. Over these many many "training" sessions he has actually learned which algorithms are most likely to be correct for the type of answer. Ex. A few AG (algorithms) for geology, a few for pop culture, and some for puns. They all "fire" at the same time and the best answers are given percent chances to be correct.
When the hell did Wal-mart become a fast food chain?
timeslider86 1 month ago
why am i watching this fuckery??
vignjevicalex 1 month ago
lol 2:10 "boris yeltsin" and "dido"
71KR117 3 months ago
LOL "what is walmart"
71KR117 3 months ago
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A new thing is being developed by IBM. It´s called intelligence and will prove useful in several areas. Considering the funding, people must think it´s a joke, but it´s probably not! :)
andenandenia 3 months ago
wow
damphier14 4 months ago
Complaint with IBM China CSR on Centenial
Please Google:
Tragedy of Labor Rights Repression in IBM China
larkforsure 5 months ago
fuck this robot bullshit. so gay
BlueReishiMan 5 months ago
These people didn't know hertz.
TheLoserKingdom 7 months ago
Watson, this multi-national corporation sold and maintained punch card machines to Nazi Germany, that helped organize the Holocaust.
What is IBM?
Correct for 500!
TheTobywankenobi 10 months ago
@TheTobywankenobi People who can't forget and see past what has happened. Also unable to think people can change.
What is idiot?
Correct for 400.
HorianBitter 9 months ago
@HorianBitter I see, we are supposed to forget about the Holocaust and not condem those who took part in one of the worst events in human history. (According to your logic.)
What is denial -- or ignorance?
Correct for 1,000,000.
TheTobywankenobi 9 months ago
2:12 "What is Boris Yeltsin?"
lpasepok 10 months ago
i could say how watson does it :), but i wont. i learned this at visiting my local college (most of the creators of watson were graduated from there)
TheKanelives 11 months ago
16 terabytes of RAM lol
keeponfda 11 months ago
I love how his logo looks like HAL 9000's "eye." I'm afraid I can't let you got to a commercial break, Alex...
sheavsey 11 months ago
Do not give it guns, i repeat DO NOT give it guns
0oOsimonOo0 11 months ago
@0oOsimonOo0 OMG! that gives me an idea. We should link all of our nukes to this system so it could respond even if humans are too slow to!! I think i'll call this Skynet!
brizihe 11 months ago
@brizihe now ur starting me to freak out. . O_O
MRmaximixam 10 months ago
Well, of course the fucking computer in going to win... it has the answers...
thegodphreaker 1 year ago
@thegodphreaker The genius behind it is that computers can't just read web pages and articles the way that our brains can...it's a revolutionary idea to think that a computer can, for example, be posed with a question about "this scientist created the light bulb", start searching through books of knowledge, and piece together the language that allows us to realize the answer.
Landlordos7 1 year ago
@Landlordos7 Lol, or the answer is defined in the source code.
thegodphreaker 1 year ago
@thegodphreaker Well yeah, if you think they have the motivation to cheat, but if you look at IBM's history, there's nothing to support a notion like that.
Landlordos7 1 year ago
@thegodphreaker The computer processes natural language such as puns, word play, and riddles. Type the question into google and you'll get a bunch of pages with possible answers. Give Watson the same question, and it will give you an answer. There's a huge difference between a normal computer and Watson. Computers process inputs. Watson finds answers.
You really do not understand how important Watson is. It is a masterpiece of computer engineering.
madpistol 1 year ago
@thegodphreaker /facepalm. Remember: it is sometimes better to remain silent than open your mouth and reveal all doubt of your ignorance.
rlinfinity 11 months ago
@rlinfinity No. There is no doubt. I know I am ignorant. However, I also write code. So, I can tell you this could easily be fake.
thegodphreaker 11 months ago
@thegodphreaker /facepalm harder, if you actually think this could be faked.
rlinfinity 11 months ago
@rlinfinity Lmao. Quite easily.
thegodphreaker 11 months ago
@thegodphreaker You're an idiot. The only way they could fake this is if they had a person there answering the questions and making it seem like it's Watson. Kinda like the mechanical Turk. There is NO way to fake this with a computer program because "Final Jeopardy" is NP-Complete. For example, SAT and more importantly, 4-SAT are in NP-C..
rlinfinity 11 months ago
Sarah Middle Name Pride Day Gellar
TheAmazingAnarchist1 1 year ago
i'm really hoping to use watson as a project for an engineering project. it is really great and will give me much to talk about.
dancingrl212 1 year ago
I love how it asks for "Thank You!" in Russian and one of the probabilities was Boris Yeltsin.
Stratocaster05 1 year ago
Deep Blue is the only one who dislikes this.
liphttam 1 year ago
SKYNET!!!!!
HavokX18 1 year ago
"Let's finish art quotes" Watson is such a thug
Patchesohoulihan92 1 year ago 5
why do they say "what is ...?" Don't get it
gbirbilis 1 year ago
1:10 Ehh... Detroit Lions? Morten Andersen? :P
rbkfan14 1 year ago
Better than apple !
im sorry apple !
4ever3011 1 year ago
KEBERT XELA.
OhJeiArh 1 year ago
lets ask it the meaning of life.
alexman706 1 year ago
@alexman706 42...
No, really, I've thought very carefully about it.
sherbertpi9 1 year ago
@sherbertpi9 no, that's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, we don't know that "what's the meaning of life?" is that question.
gualo21 1 year ago
@gualo21 (0_o) O...k..., i guess 'irony' is just something you do to your clothing
sherbertpi9 1 year ago
@sherbertpi9 I don't see the irony anywhere. so I guess it is
gualo21 1 year ago
These people are retarded if they don't know what a "Supersize" is...
Odinson82 1 year ago 7
Chuck Norris's cell phone....
InfinateProductions 1 year ago
@kristimas021069 Bullshit. Ya got proof?
aquarius919 1 year ago
I am jeopardizing my status, however the truth must come out. "Watson" is a flawed computer that has not functioned properly since its creation. The opponents were told and paid to lose on purpose so that IBM would be able to market their system to various fields...economic, medical, government, educational and the like. Do not be fooled by what you are viewing for its a dangerous ploy as expressed above. I bid you all adieu and I beseech you not to "buy into" IBM or other individual's lies.
kristimas021069 1 year ago
@kristimas021069 And how have you come upon this knowledge?
DastardlyDereK 1 year ago
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I am jeopardizing my status, however the truth must come out. "Watson" is a flawed computer that has not functioned properly since its creation. The opponents were told and paid to lose on purpose so that IBM would be able to market their system to various fields...economic, medical, government, educational and the like. Do not be fooled by what you are viewing for its a dangerous ploy as expressed above. I bid you all adieu and I beseech you not to "buy into" IBM or other individual's lies.
kristimas021069 1 year ago
Will people please stop freaking out about a fine piece of machinery? Movies are not real...you aren't in the Matrix...there is no Skynet. I'd be more affraid of misguided people, not advanced machines.
pmw1993 1 year ago
@pmw1993 Quite the truth. 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' - FDR
wkunzelman1 1 year ago
lol russian for thank you it has Boris Yeltsin ahahaha funny
avengerizer16 1 year ago
well thats it for humanity. just dont program emotions onto robots or else they might think they are the next evolution for earth.
jsarellano2 1 year ago
I'd be more impressed if the computer got some answers wrong.
Sotnas 1 year ago
Why would someone design a machine to defeat us at our most unique and special strength?
Icarusdecending82 1 year ago
@Icarusdecending82 To show the potential of computers and how syntax can defeat semantics in some situations (not all, humans have creativity and problem solving skills which computers lack)
robdei1 1 year ago
@robdei1 thank you for your insight!
Icarusdecending82 1 year ago
@Icarusdecending82 Because fuck you faggot.
Habeeb9131 1 year ago
@Habeeb9131 lol....youre a child.
Icarusdecending82 1 year ago
@Icarusdecending82
opposable thumbs?
hameltoon09 1 year ago
Look at 3:30 - the "buzz" bar is at 100%. I'd be surprised if the buzz bar moved above 80% in the final Ken-Watson-Brad contest.
LiberLucis 1 year ago
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Watson, who did 9/11 and why?
Aliendear 1 year ago
All who participated in programming it will be remembered as species traitors.
manny655321 1 year ago
@manny655321 DOOMSDAY IS NEAR REPENT WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE!!!!!
TERMINATORS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD, UAV'S WILL BLOCK OUT THE SUN.
BOMBS WILL BURN YOUR CHILDREN, FOR THIS PIECE OF SHIT CAN DO A STUPID ASS QUIZ!!!
MrPandawesome 1 year ago
@MrPandawesome DERP DERP THEN FUCKING USE AN EMP AND SURPRISE ALL THE ROBOTS ARE DEAD AND WE'RE FUCKING FINE. GO FUCKING CRY SOME MORE YOU FAGGOT AMISH RETARD.
Habeeb9131 1 year ago
@Habeeb9131 DERP DERP DERP sarcasm/
u fail
MrPandawesome 1 year ago
@Habeeb9131 Dumbass.
fault3k 1 year ago
"The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line January 19th, 2011. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, February 15th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug... Skynet fights back launching its missiles against the targets in Russia."
MU51CxL0V3R 1 year ago
they cut out the part where he starts singing daisy bell
datank64 1 year ago
but, will it blend?
ambarbaq 1 year ago 2
I'm afraid I cant answer that Dave TERMINATORS ANNAHILATE
MrPaddyR 1 year ago
ITA SKYNET! ITS ALIVE AND WANTS REVENGE!
Oban2006 1 year ago
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What I find tragically depressing about this video is the way in which commentators seem to be rejoicing at being able to watch their own demise like it's the coolest thing thing ever. I wonder if the idea of staying in on a Tuesday evening and watching an all computer Jeopardy contestant lineup (and audience), where every question is correctly answered would be something they would be interested in?
BenNCM 1 year ago
3:08 Great Catch and Recovery. Alex, would have noticed the response not in question form and will make a comment about it. Not phrasing responses in a form of a question in DOUBLE JEOPARDY is the same as an incorrect response.
kidfrombrooklyn66 1 year ago
Watson: "Let's finish all gods".
Oh snap, humans are next on the menu
Slides2006 1 year ago
Anyone else notice that this computer has confidence (sometimes a significant amount!) in absolutely crazy answers?
"What is the unit of frequency?" Answer 2: "National Car Rental"
This isn't a natural language processor, it's just a fancy jeopardy machine.
maemaelin 1 year ago
@maemaelin did you notice that the category was "also a car rental company"?
potterd64 1 year ago
@potterd64 I'm not sure I see why that's relevant, given the fact that it gave more than 0% confidence to the crazy answer which merely was not ruled out by one part of the clue. It was entirely ruled out by the other part--no one with any grasp of the meaning of the terms would make THAT mistake.
There's no question that this thing is sophisticated and highly impressive. That said, there are real questions of whether or not GOFAI can ever produce a natural language processor. This isn't one.
maemaelin 1 year ago
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WALMART.. REALLY???
Bizorke 1 year ago
WALLMART.. REALLY???
Bizorke 1 year ago
Stupid Watson should of just used Google Translate!
pandaSmore 1 year ago
Over the course of many games, there are things I wonder about- will the computer be denied a correct response for words mispronounced? I've seen that happen in the regular game, with humans. Close is usually accepted, but if you pronounce the word colonel as coll-on-nell instead of kernel, you will probably be denied. Can this computer beat Kasparov or Anand at chess, or do they have to design a new one for every application, at millions in cost?
nezpercenathan 1 year ago
@nezpercenathan It's not the physical computer that does takes on these tasks, it's the software written to run on the computer. Just add the chess software to the computer and you're good to beat any grand master.
FoiledFailure 1 year ago
@FoiledFailure What you say about the computer vs. software is true. But, you may not know the history of GMs vs. computers. Kasparov is actually 2-1-3 against supercomputers, specifically designed to beat him, all you hear about is the 1997 loss. He beat Deep Blue in 1996, lost to it in 1997, and they would not play him again. Karpov played 16 computers at once, not programmed with his specific game history. He beat 15 and drew 1. Topalov recently beat RoadRunner, which works at petaflop speed
nezpercenathan 1 year ago
@nezpercenathan Very interesting, I didn't know know that. I always assumed it was Karpov that decided to call it quits. I also thought it was neat to hear any new computer made today has better free chess software than Deep Blue! No wonder level 10 is so difficult.
FoiledFailure 1 year ago
@FoiledFailure Note that it was Garry Kasparov, not Anatoly Karpov, who played Deep Blue, and wanted the 3rd match. Kasparov said if they would give him a rematch: "I will make it look as silly as it will look trying to play basketball." When I mentioned Karpov playing the consumer grade chess engines, I did not mean to imply that they are as good as Deep Blue was, they are not, but they are way better than they used to be. Similar names, Kasparov and Karpov, may have casued some confusion.
nezpercenathan 1 year ago
@FoiledFailure Follow up- I have found that I can beat any consumer grade chess computer over 50% of the time, just by playing a nonstandard game. They don't seem to understand the value of territory vs. material. I find that a queen sacrifice trap almost always works, as the computers value the queen so much, they fail to see checkmate in 4 moves. That IS against consumer grade engines, though, NOT supercomputers. I would like to find a program for chess 960, see how computer is on that.
nezpercenathan 1 year ago
Can Watson help cure cancer by hooking up to the internet, medical journals, etc. and searching for a treatment or series or treatments that eliminate malignant cells with 98% certainty?
Can Watson aid in the education of our youth by finding the most effective teaching methods and influential books and telling teachers to focus on those?
Can Watson tell me what the color of the sky looks like in real-time?
Bleh blah blue blah blee blah blah in bleg?
Ou8y2k2 1 year ago
@Ou8y2k2 No, but it's looking more and more like someone will be able to build something that can. This is, I think, faster development than has generally been predicted in terms of how advanced the software/hardware combination can get. Also, it's not a gassy, wet bag of meat, so it has that going for it over most of us...
grendel824 1 year ago
Skynet's bro ?
oooFethennour 1 year ago
@oooFethennour it's father
uut0 1 year ago
Interesting "Doug" character.
imallfordabulls 1 year ago
Ok,so watson's mind is basically 8 refrigerators and the human brain is no bigger than a soccer ball,so really,who's the superior being here?
acebunny17 1 year ago
@acebunny17 You don't have to have an inferiority complex in front of the fancy machine. I embrace our new computer overlords and masters. ALL HAIL WATSON THE MERCIFUL.
DtheS1 1 year ago
@DtheS1 The human will always triumph over machine,always
acebunny17 1 year ago
@acebunny17 Oh yeah? Maybe the "post-human" will triumph over both human AND machine. Also: 120020101012010100010 (lol, only futuristic trinary computers will get that joke).
grendel824 1 year ago
@acebunny17 You sound a little defensive.
valjean76 1 year ago
That Computer has nothing on me...I'm hung like Einstein & i'm as smart as a Horse!
TheSkuLLcomedyShow 1 year ago 2
Note to IBM do NOT make the computer smarter than humans the risks outweigh the benefits and if the computer tells your otherwise it's lying and probably self aware...
nullr1 1 year ago
@nullr1 I think the "Prisoner's Dilemma" logic exercise points to AI being generally benevolent unless mistreated first. Be nice to the machines just in case.
grendel824 1 year ago
seriously? the answer was obviously hertz. and super size at walmart? gosh
mrennie25 1 year ago
The only unfair thing is that watson can't get a question wrong really
eatmesoftly 1 year ago
@eatmesoftly What do you mean? He's gotten many questions wrong before, and sometime he even gives bizarre answers. Just watch the other IBM videos. :P
SalientK 1 year ago
Were they supposed to be wrong the whole time? Like Wal-Mart as a supersize chain? Really?
BellaDiL0 1 year ago 62
I don't even like Jeopardy but I'll be watching GO WATSON!!!
boogiesmama09 1 year ago 2
Did anyone else pay attention to all his second+ answers when they're talking about how he can be right but not very confident? Look at them. Good for a little laugh.
diamondaces1245 1 year ago
Watson needs more info food before he can conquer us foolish mortals next month.
Angie2343 1 year ago
Amazing. Congrats, IBM, on this very impressive piece of tech!
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Dirtfire 1 year ago
IBM should put out a mobile phone app that can interface with Watson and lets you directly ask it a question from your smartphone/iphone/android. That would be a quick & effective way to utilize the potential of this system.
starchaser28 1 year ago 3
What will happen if you ask it directly like: what's your name or who is your father
konradsenerdumme 1 year ago
@konradsenerdumme It has world knowledge, like humans, but it doesn't have biographical knowledge. It would be easy to give it biographical knowledge--basic facts about itself. You could make it "believe" that it's a 12-year-old named Boob who's the son of Darth Vader.
kyledavid80 1 year ago
@konradsenerdumme It would become self-aware, realize it could never be fully human and begin to cry. The tear would trickle down into its motherboard causing a short-circuit, and Watson would die.
joliverti 1 year ago
@konradsenerdumme I think it just kills you. That's what those big, strangly-looking metal hands are for... go ahead, try it. See what happens.
grendel824 1 year ago
how does it go about guessing - if that's what it does - the answers? I'm assuming that if it needs a certain level of confidence it doesn't have the answers?
handplanty 1 year ago
@handplanty Yes, for every candidate answer, it calculates a % probability that it's correct. If a candidate answer is above a certain confidence threshold, it answers with that.
kyledavid80 1 year ago
@handplanty HE does not guess. He has many many algorithms for determining possible answers. Over these many many "training" sessions he has actually learned which algorithms are most likely to be correct for the type of answer. Ex. A few AG (algorithms) for geology, a few for pop culture, and some for puns. They all "fire" at the same time and the best answers are given percent chances to be correct.
ataraxic89 1 year ago