dave32 Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I must be getting old or fucking boring because I'm looking forward to watching this . Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I must be getting old or fucking boring because I'm looking forward to watching ...Watson Ah, but, I am old and fucking bored...and now believe Watson was behind the curtain in the "Wizard of Oz" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 The whole thing was kinda anti-climatic and no doubt part PR blitz by IBM. But all that taken into consideration there was a fascinating (and impressive) element to it. I wish I could drop by the human race in a couple hundred years to see what's going on. I'm sure people will be the same and hopefully we won't have obliterated ourselves ---> but there will be some cool ass toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 note: 'cool ass toys' doesn't mean cool toys for the ass. Though I'm sure those will evolve too. For whatever reason, 'ass' has evolved as an emphasizer in some slang. Examples: "She had on a hot dress," becomes "she had on a hot-ass dress." "I don't like dave's dumb style," becomes "I don't like dave's dumb-ass style" (maybe easier to decipher with a hyphen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 The whole thing was dull to me. Watson had a huge advantage on beating the humans to the buzzer. Pitting human reaction time against a computers reaction time (almost a complete win for the computer) vs. a computer's ability to figure out language vs. a human's ability (a more interesting question, the computer having an advantage in memory, the human having an advantage in language) made for a very boring contest. Basically it came down to how often did the computer fail to get the answer because its ability to hit the button quicker was almost 100%. Boring. Fast forwarded through it. (If you're wondering how I saw this in Thailand, usenet is a wonderful thing. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I was just excited about the idea of it -- and the attempt to level the playing field in the billion nuances in language. Some of his potential answers were pretty far out there though, still a ways to go. I like the reporter said that this is just a human thing and a reflection of our own anxiety -- the computer doesn't give a shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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