What do you all think about watching the
first episode of the Jeopardy Watson challenge tomorrow? It's on<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhDLUVAtqU"> youtube</a>, and we could put it up on the projector.<br><br>It's really interesting how far language processing has come, and I for one have been really impressed with what I've seen of Watson so far.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mike Schachter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@mindmech.com">mike@mindmech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Fwd from Eric Boyd on the cyborg list:<br>
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From: Eric Boyd <<a href="mailto:mrericboyd@yahoo.com">mrericboyd@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM<br>
Subject: [Cyborg] Watson Tonight<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:cyborg@lists.noisebridge.net">cyborg@lists.noisebridge.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:cyborg@lists.noisebridge.net">cyborg@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
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Tonight is the airing of the Jeopardy episode which features IBM's<br>
Watson against the two best Jeopardy players of all time.<br>
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<a href="http://singularityhub.com/2011/02/14/its-showtime-ibms-watson-to-make-history-with-jeopardy-performance-today/" target="_blank">http://singularityhub.com/2011/02/14/its-showtime-ibms-watson-to-make-history-with-jeopardy-performance-today/</a><br>
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This links includes a trio of new videos that IBM has released, and it's<br>
good watching.<br>
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I think the most amazing thing about this whole event is how<br>
anti-climatic it feels. Obviously Watson is going to win. Yet when you<br>
take a step back and think about what goes into the technology behind<br>
this victory, and you compare it to Deep Blue (the chess machine), you<br>
have to stand in awe at how far technology has come in the last 10<br>
years. I think we've firmly entered the knee of the curve as regards<br>
strong AI.<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
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