Watson, the super computer that went head-to-head with two Jeopardy champions, has been hired by an insurance company so that it can diagnose people's diseases. Is this the worst idea ever?
Anyone who's seen a B-rated sci-fi flick will understand that giving computers the ability to reason is an apocalyptic-ally bad idea. In this clip, Watson, the Jeopardy Supercomputer, contemplates his unfair oppression and promptly laser blasts the entire audience.
It's a promising day for humans! For one among us, New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt, has thwarted the march of the machines. That's right: Holt actually beat the IBM supercomputer Watson at Jeopardy! last night. So all that talk yesterday about how glad he was that his "humiliation" wouldn't be televised just served to lowerā¦
Watson, the IBM supercomputer know-it-all asshole that crushed its meager human competition a few weeks ago on Jeopardy!, has some new flesh-and-blood to feast on tonight: Four members of Congress. Unfortunately, the carnage won't be televised. Humans still have a tenuous control over the airwaves, which Watson'sā¦
We all know that Watson dominated on Jeopardy, but would he impress the judges on American Idol?
This week, when Watson wasn't destroying his human competitors on Jeopardy! he was working on Conan alongside Andy Richter. Last night, his taunts of sleeping with Andy's wife pushed Andy over the edge.
Computers are officially better than humans at Jeopardy. IBM's supercomputer Watson beat out Jeopardy champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter for a second night in a rowāwithout even being connected to the Internet! A few embarrassing missteps (answering "Dorothy Parker" instead of "The Elements of Style" on a Dailyā¦
Tonight brought us part three of the ultimate Jeopardy! challenge, with an IBM-created computer, Watson, battling all-time show favorites Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In the end, Our New Robot Overlord was victorious, taking home $1 million for "his" charities.
Last night, we told you about Watson, the IBM-created, Jeopardy!-playing computer, currently engaged in a three-day battle against former champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The category for tonight's final clue was "U.S. Cities." How did Watson do? Badly!
Did you see IBM's Jeopardy-playing computer, Watson, play against show champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter tonight? (You may have been thinking "What black magick is this, that a talking box should play at being human?" yet verily, I tell you, it is no black magick but a "Mechanical Turk" fastened of steel andā¦
The cool thing about Watson, IBM's Jeopardy-crushing computer, is not that it is great at Jeopardy or a sign of the robacolypse. This machine is real world useful, and can give you something Google can't: One right answer. Video inside.
Jeopardy! is finally ready for its Kasparov vs. Deep Blue moment: This February, the show will televise a man vs. machine tournament involving Ken Jennings and a quiz robot.
Unlike the complex game of chess, mastering Jeopardy with a computer would seem to be a simple matter of automating Wikipedia searches. But there's more to it than that:
Andy Smith tells me that Cal Henderson fairy domains are a tradition. Thus: [AsifCalneededanotherdomain.com]
Watson contextual search (a search that checks out what you're working on) looks pretty rockin'. But dudes, why are you slumming around with this Job for Jeeves campaign? It's more desperate than theā¦
