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Machines first out-calculated us in simple math. Then they replaced us on the assembly lines, explored places we couldn't get to, even beat our champions at chess. Now a computer called Watson has bested our best at "Jeopardy!"
A gigantic computer created by IBM specifically to excel at answers-and-questions left two champs of the TV game show in its silicon dust after a three-day tournament, a feat that experts call a technological breakthrough.
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The next step for the IBM machine and its programmers: taking its mastery of the arcane and applying it to help doctors plow through blizzards of medical information. Watson could also help make Internet searches far more like a conversation than the hit-or-miss things they are now.
More (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20110217/US.SCI.Man.vs.Machine/)
Quote from: walkstall on February 16, 2011, 08:09:19 PM
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Machines first out-calculated us in simple math. Then they replaced us on the assembly lines, explored places we couldn't get to, even beat our champions at chess. Now a computer called Watson has bested our best at "Jeopardy!"
A gigantic computer created by IBM specifically to excel at answers-and-questions left two champs of the TV game show in its silicon dust after a three-day tournament, a feat that experts call a technological breakthrough.
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The next step for the IBM machine and its programmers: taking its mastery of the arcane and applying it to help doctors plow through blizzards of medical information. Watson could also help make Internet searches far more like a conversation than the hit-or-miss things they are now.
More (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20110217/US.SCI.Man.vs.Machine/)
Is that the same Watson that thought Toronto was a city in the United States?
I hope it replaces google. 8)
Quote from: MFA on February 18, 2011, 01:35:20 PM
Is that the same Watson that thought Toronto was a city in the United States?
:o There not!!!!
Hmmmmm......Toronto, Kansas
Latitude 37.798N. Longitude -95.948W.
There a Toronto State Park and a Toronto lake also. ;D
Quote from: walkstall on February 18, 2011, 08:06:01 PM
:o There not!!!!
Hmmmmm......Toronto, Kansas
Latitude 37.798N. Longitude -95.948W.
There a Toronto State Park and a Toronto lake also. ;D
"the clue was: 'Its largest airport is named for a WWII hero. Its second largest, for a WWII battle.'
Although the category was U.S. cities, Watson answered: "What is Toronto????" The correct answer was Chicago."
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110215/watson-jeopardy-final-toronto-110215/ (http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110215/watson-jeopardy-final-toronto-110215/)
Quote from: MFA on February 19, 2011, 11:55:09 AM
"the clue was: 'Its largest airport is named for a WWII hero. Its second largest, for a WWII battle.'
Although the category was U.S. cities, Watson answered: "What is Toronto????" The correct answer was Chicago."
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110215/watson-jeopardy-final-toronto-110215/ (http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110215/watson-jeopardy-final-toronto-110215/)
Is that the same Watson that thought Toronto was a city in the United States?I don't do TV in the last 10 years. LOL Soooooo yes Toronto there is a city in the U.S. LOL