Remember Big Blue? The computer that IBM developed to play chess against the world masters?
They are at it again ....
Inside Watson, IBM's Jeopardy Computer
IBM has spent four years and untold hundreds of millions of dollars developing Watson, a computer that can play Jeopardy. In fact, Watson answers questions so quickly and accurately that IBM challenged Jeopardy and two of the show's all-time champions to a match. Jeopardy's producers and the human contestants agreed. Taping took place January 14, and the three computer-vs.-human episodes will air February 14-16. Cynics may call it a publicity stunt, but the project has brought real advances in computer science. If IBM's previous (chess-playing) Deep Blue and (genetics-studying) Blue Gene supercomputers are any indication, advances in what IBM calls deep question-and-answer analytics could show up in the real world within three to five years. Here's a look inside the architecture, hardware, and advanced analytics that make Watson tick. .....
more at http://www.informationweek.com/news/galleries/software/bi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229100143 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/galleries/software/bi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229100143)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2011/01/14/VI2011011402278.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2011/01/14/VI2011011402278.html)
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/01/ibm-watson-jeopardy/ (http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/01/ibm-watson-jeopardy/)
Reminds me of "Desk Set" with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
Kind of unfair competition I would say! :biggrin:
Follow-up ....
Watson paces humans in Round 1 of three 'Jeopardy!' matches
NEW YORK (AP) — In the "Jeopardy!" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday.
Human player Brad Rutter and the supercomputer named Watson ended an initial round tied at $5,000. The other challenger, human Ken Jennings, was far behind with $2,000.
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/02/Information-Tech-Watson-paces-humans-in-Round-1-of-three-Jeopardy-matches/ (http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/02/Information-Tech-Watson-paces-humans-in-Round-1-of-three-Jeopardy-matches/)
Quote from: Olias on February 15, 2011, 05:24:05 PM
Follow-up ....
Watson paces humans in Round 1 of three 'Jeopardy!' matches
NEW YORK (AP) — In the "Jeopardy!" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday.
Human player Brad Rutter and the supercomputer named Watson ended an initial round tied at $5,000. The other challenger, human Ken Jennings, was far behind with $2,000.
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/02/Information-Tech-Watson-paces-humans-in-Round-1-of-three-Jeopardy-matches/ (http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/02/Information-Tech-Watson-paces-humans-in-Round-1-of-three-Jeopardy-matches/)
"Watson" may end up working itself right out of a job unless it beats those silly humans soundly! :wink: :biggrin:
How many watts of electricity does the human brain use to run the entire human body and all of it's decisions in life. How many watts does it take to run Watson's brain with all of the watts putting that information in Watson's brain?
:music1: Plentyyyyyyyyy :music1:
It has been interesting watching the program It certainly is fast, but when, it is wrong, it is really wrong.
Watson won. Big time!
Quote from: Olias on February 17, 2011, 12:25:37 PM
Watson won. Big time!
Good, now can it walk the dog or drive a car. :wink: