Monday, April 27, 2009

Bit by bit, they're gaining on us

So IBM is developing a computer program to compete with human contestants in the TV quiz show, Jeopardy. If Watson 1.0 could win the game, it would be a giant step forward for artificial intelligence.

But let's see a computer program spend the prize money.

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Besides, can you imagine Alex Trebek trying to banter with Watson? ("Are your programmers in the audience?")

4 comments:

John Ettorre said...

I just had a meeting with a guy yesterday who bragged about beating computers in chess. I'm guessing he'd consider other humans to be unworthy of the challenge.

Mike Q said...

Was his name Gasparov?

John Ettorre said...

No, but now that you mention it, I wonder if he could give him some game??

Mike Q said...

Check.