(Katie Durkin) IBM’s supercomputer aka Watson crushed its two-legged Jeopardy! opponents last night in the second part of a three-night series. Watson fell short of expectations the first night, tying Jeopardy! legend Brad Rutter. Watson shined on Day 2 though and finished with $35,734, while his contenders Rutter earned $10,400 and Ken Jennings earned only $4800.
Scientists at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Lab in New York spent over four years designing and preparing Watson for the Jeopardy! challenge. Watson’s overwhelming victory last night demonstrates the power and rapid advancement of artificial intelligence.
Not every one is as impressed by Watson as I am though. Wired reader Anthony Williams commented, “Duh, what a concept. A computer can locate and answer questions faster than a human big deal.” Others allude to an eventual machine takeover: “By 2030 we’ll make good pets if we’re lucky,” commented Wired reader ConvivalVisits.
However, the triumph of Watson is a truly feat in the name of innovation. IBM has designed a machine that can analyze and understand complicated human language and wordplay. The reach of IBM’s accomplishments could span from the military to health care to classrooms.
The important thing to remember is that whether it’s Watson, Rutter, or Jennings that wins the final game tonight, the power of the human brain will be behind the victory.
Watson has and make it a fair fight
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Speech/video recognition is not the point. The point is that Watson can come up with the correct answer in two or three seconds. The impressive thing is not so much that he won in terms of buzzing and dollar amounts, it's that he knew as many or more of the correct answers as the humans did. Not everything is in Watson's favor; when the clue Trebek reads is short, only one or two words, Watson still has to process for a few seconds before coming up with his answer. You could see this last night in the final game when Ken or Brad would already have given their answers before Watson's top three choices appeared on the screen.
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