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Talith
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1102 Posts
January 20 2011 17:09 GMT
#41
Interested to see what this type of architecture could do once quantum computing comes out.. :O
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
January 20 2011 17:13 GMT
#42
On January 20 2011 15:05 tomatriedes wrote:
One step closer to Skynet.


It's funny, I was bored so I started watching Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles YESTERDAY cause I was bored. Now this is on front page tl. It's the little coincidences that make me thing the world will end
Nak Allstar.
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
January 20 2011 17:20 GMT
#43
thats really cool technology.
It just one step closer to having real AI.
[~~The Impossible Leads To Invention~~] CJ Entusman #52 The problem with internet quotations is that they are hard to verify -Abraham Lincoln c.1863
Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2229 Posts
January 20 2011 17:51 GMT
#44
On January 20 2011 15:16 Ferrose wrote:
Hopefully this isn't the future of AI/computers:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


Now I question you, what was the next step from that? How did they look like then?
Not looking too shabby then!
ScrubS
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands436 Posts
January 20 2011 18:03 GMT
#45
Watson beats Jeopardy pros
Chuck norris beats Watson
Antedelerium
Profile Joined June 2010
United States224 Posts
January 20 2011 21:02 GMT
#46
On January 20 2011 15:27 mikeymoo wrote:
Very smart move by IBM.
Also, I'm wondering what the algorithm is for Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy. Should be interesting.


Yeah, I'm curious to see how it would bid in different situations i.e. behind someone who has been very consistent vs. behind someone who has been correct on and off. I want to know how much game theory is taken into account when calculating those utility functions.

As far as the natural language processing part goes, actually understanding the answer and formulating a question is a non-trivial part of computational linguistics. That part alone is a huge undertaking even with Watson knowing the answer (from a computer science perspective anyways). Is it bad that I'm really excited to watch this?
"Isn't it ironic to yell the word silence?" ~B.C.
Ephex
Profile Joined October 2010
United States10 Posts
January 20 2011 22:02 GMT
#47
[image loading]
Definitely heading in the direction of something along the lines of an AI like Cortana in Halo. This is so exciting.
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17070 Posts
February 15 2011 01:22 GMT
#48
Sorry to bump this thread, but I just couldn't resist posting the following (from another forum I frequent)

[image loading]
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Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
February 15 2011 01:25 GMT
#49
Watson got the last question right, it was about LoTR. WHO IS SAURON? There were some questions that are way to complex for Watson to get the complete answer.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
maximuspita
Profile Joined April 2010
1093 Posts
February 15 2011 01:40 GMT
#50
Epic Man vs Machine battle. Watson HWAITING!
Korean Air, please save Fox.
topspinserve
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States147 Posts
February 15 2011 01:41 GMT
#51
I feel like Watson definitely has the advantage in reflex speed. Also, he should have to read in the file as an image file since that's what the humans do, but I guess that really wouldn't slow him down with all the processing power he has.
mardi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1164 Posts
February 15 2011 01:45 GMT
#52
Can't wait till we get something like Watson on our computers/tablets/phones. We just tell the computer to turn on. tell it to start the internet browser and say "go to teamliquid" and BAM!.
Rtran10
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada78 Posts
February 15 2011 01:47 GMT
#53
There was a time when Watson was failing hard on questions which allowed them to catch up.
Wartortle
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia504 Posts
February 15 2011 01:56 GMT
#54
why does everyone say watson has an advantage in reflex speed? his 'brain' has to computer the answer and be confident before he tried to buzz in. its amazing that a computer can do that as quickly as he does.

its pretty much skynet.
EscPlan9
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2777 Posts
February 15 2011 02:05 GMT
#55
On January 21 2011 00:21 Offhand wrote:
80% of Jeopardy questions just come straight out of high school lit class. It wouldn't be particularly hard to load most of the lit/historical data into the computer to answer the majority of questions.


And 80% of statistics are completely made up on the spot without any reference. Seriously though, this is not even close to true. The information Watson has in its database is the equivalent of millions of books. To seek out the pertinent information and answer the question correctly in such a short period of time (~3 seconds) is truly an amazing feat in artificial intelligence programming
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Neo7
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States922 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-15 02:26:56
February 15 2011 02:25 GMT
#56
Is it possible to do something like this but for StarCraft (Brood War or Wings of Liberty)? I would be awesome to see if IBM or some huge company can create the ultimate computer AI that can give progamers a run for their money.
It takes an idiot to do cool things.
HalfnHalf
Profile Joined May 2010
United States90 Posts
February 15 2011 02:41 GMT
#57
On February 15 2011 11:25 Neo7 wrote:
Is it possible to do something like this but for StarCraft (Brood War or Wings of Liberty)? I would be awesome to see if IBM or some huge company can create the ultimate computer AI that can give progamers a run for their money.


I believe many people have already tried this.
Teim
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia373 Posts
February 15 2011 02:42 GMT
#58
Watson definitely has the reflex advantage.

However, his ability to come up with the answer is not instant. He would have to process the question, search through a database or a network of connections of some sort and then finally produce the answer. Search problems have traditionally been quite slow in AI and Watson is probably still slower than a human in this regard.
A duck is a duck!
LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
February 15 2011 02:46 GMT
#59
On February 15 2011 11:41 HalfnHalf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2011 11:25 Neo7 wrote:
Is it possible to do something like this but for StarCraft (Brood War or Wings of Liberty)? I would be awesome to see if IBM or some huge company can create the ultimate computer AI that can give progamers a run for their money.


I believe many people have already tried this.

Back during the beta (and maybe even now), there were many AIs developed for SC WoL. For example Green Tea, Dark Tea and some other stuff http://sc2.nibbits.com/forums/17/tools

As for BW. The BWAI competition comes into mind.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/01/skynet-meets-the-swarm-how-the-berkeley-overmind-won-the-2010-starcraft-ai-competition.ars/
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=160539
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=190474
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gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
February 15 2011 02:46 GMT
#60
On February 15 2011 11:25 Neo7 wrote:
Is it possible to do something like this but for StarCraft (Brood War or Wings of Liberty)? I would be awesome to see if IBM or some huge company can create the ultimate computer AI that can give progamers a run for their money.

If esports gets big enough perhaps that will be the next grand challenge. First chess, then Jeopardy, then SC2, then... go?
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