NOVA | Smartest Machine on Earth: Can a Computer Win Jeopardy!?

[6488ott]

IBM blowing their own trumpets....certainly not a milestone, just a continuing evolution.

[harrow86]

The first robot voice at 0:08 sounds like Sonny from iRobot

[bridgegood]

LOL , shouldnt we be saluting Jeopardy! instead , for being a game show even a computer cant beat ?

[DarkAnimeWindSlayer]

I bet Google wants to get their hands on this machine so it can answer every question >:D Google Ask Engine

[2nDoppelganger]

they should ask it if god exists

[Unclesamslair]

@2nDoppelganger ERROR ERROR. Does not compute.

[shadow7117]

Just hook up the robot to google

[legioncollector]

This could be a revolution

[Metal404Head]

So it has a full copy of the entire wikipedia site on its drives?

cool story bro

[chiefotaku]

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

[Professoranton]

Does it use VOICES for its information, or text?

[caseyga1988]

@Professoranton would it matter? Voice to text technology has been around for over 15 years.

[brucejje]

@Professoranton it first interpretets a human voice(or line of ASCI text), then he translates it to Bits(binary-code). Throw it in the machine it's self, does the same procces but in reverse, whoila you have your awnser

[Unclesamslair]

@Professoranton it receives a text version of the jeopardy "question" at the same time that the contestants see it on the screen. It also receives a text copy of the "answer" if someone else gets it correct so that it can learn. Otherwise it has no audio in capability.

[ZachariahLogan]

man, that took some work. Congratulations towards the engineers who made this! AMAZING TALENT Kinda makes me proud to be majoring in EE in college

[fugamante]

Creepy, but interesting... I mean, it's bound to happen, is it not?

[srushaggs]

I'd like see the entire Google cache loaded into Watson, and have it answer questions in the "answer with explanation" model demonstrated by Wolfram Alpha.

[ubersteigen]

WAAAATSON! All up in your jib!

[army2k08]

Just like terminator..just a matter of time before it becomes aware and puts us down for our own protection.

[Capeau]

im sure this tech is more about the software than the hardware, like they try to make it seem

[Sebulous]

@Capeau

great now we cant kill it!!!!

[AncientAtheist]

Too cool. I can't wait for this Jeopardy showdown. Destroy the Humans, Watson! LOL!

[Colismoon]

Can't wait to see this!

[lightdanger]

WATSON! Oh wow this is going to be exciting!