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General Chat => All the rest => Topic started by: level42 on February 17, 2011, 08:27:16 PM

Title: Computer wins Jeopardy
Post by: level42 on February 17, 2011, 08:27:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8iUjzgPTg


Why does this scare me ?


Through all the news items about revolutions, wars, crimes, disasters.....this one stands out for me.

No doubt in my mind, that this is another (small) step towards the ultimate robot/computer.....

For those who missed it:

This is a Supercomputer built by IBM that plays Jeopardy. It actually listens to the questions asked in real-time, analyzes it, judges it chances of getting the answer correct, decides if it will place a bet or not and if so give the answer.

It BLEW AWAY all human competition.

Even though it thought that Toronto is a US city (but I blame that on the fact that it was built be a US company ;) ).

It is absolutely amazing....yes today this requires a zillion processors and 16 TB (it is NOT connected to the internet) but I can see this inside of your pocket with 15 years or so.....

Title: Re: Computer wins Jeopardy
Post by: Belike on February 17, 2011, 09:51:07 PM

Yeah, prepare for Judgment Day! :twisted:

Title: Re: Computer wins Jeopardy
Post by: Muerto on February 18, 2011, 06:21:33 AM

remember - it was programmed by humans  ;)

Title: Re: Computer wins Jeopardy
Post by: level42 on February 18, 2011, 07:08:47 AM

Mmmmm....yeahhh.....

but it still gives me a "HAL" feeling....

Title: Re: Computer wins Jeopardy
Post by: Blanka on February 18, 2011, 10:50:41 AM

Maybe they can sell it to IKEA, and make that dumb ANNA speaking computer a bit smarter :).