-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger
Just a reminder for those who may have forgotten. The JEOPARDY! Challenge is this coming week: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Check your local listings for time and channel.
This is a history making event. You won’t want to miss it. You can watch the NOVA episode “Smartest Machine on Earth”, here.
I like Robby the Robot better than Watson!
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To my knowledge the final show has not aired, although the NYT has published the final results. From tomorrow:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/science/17jeopardy-watson.html
Here is part 1/2 from tonight. Watson is stunning in its speed but makes some very basic errors too, generally from not understanding the categorization of the answer it needs to give. I think one of the most surprising moments was a question that none of these three top level players buzzed in on. I wasn’t expecting that to happen.
I don’t see part 2/2 up yet, but will post it when it shows:
Toronto 🙂
puzzling,
I don’t think learning is thinking per se. Learning is getting better at pattern recognition through experience. Which is what Watson does very well. Thinking has a creative component that machines cannot do . . . yet.
Buddha, you mentioned “It’s really just a very complex form of pattern recognition – an expert system as opposed to a truly thinking machine.”
Is learning thinking? Watson performs better purely with experience, therefore it learns on its own without being given any new rules or methodologies.
That said, I am curious if the category choice Watson uses was explicitly programmed or learned through its game practice with humans. It seems to jump around a lot, perhaps due to confidence in category titles, or perhaps in part to “shift gears” quickly on the human mind. That gear shifting wouldn’t affect Watson’s performance, but would be a bit of distraction to many players.
I am sending along (virtually) a big slab of BBQ’d pork ribs and a cold brew to go along with the song.
Thanks CEJ for reminding me.
Why thank you very much, LK! That was most thoughtful.
BIL! Happy Happy Birthday Baby!
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this was a great show
Thank you again, CEJ. I’m both surprised and humbled that you remembered. 🙂
Oops! Sorry about the link failures I hope the next/last one works; fingers crossed!
I believe today is our BIL’s Birthday!
Happy Birthday Buddha!
SM, here is a “more soulful” side of Kate.
Swarthmore mom,
No doubt, Laura Nyro may she RIP is one of the all time greats!
http://www:youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4vkHSjPMU