On February 16 2011 08:33 555 wrote: I have never really understood jeopardy, so when I heard about Watson from some friends, I wasn't too impressed since I thought it would just be some kinda google search.
However, after looking at the questions and videos, I am absolutely amazed and excited. Natural language processing is one of those things where humans outperforms computers. However, the technology used for Watson will eventually allow us to have actual conversations with computers.
I look forward to being able to go up to my computer and ask "find me some build orders lulz" and it would go on the internet, google it up, read through all the forums and return with a bunch of build orders and arguments on which are good or bad.
Except it would only give you terrible BO's for putting "lulz" at the end of the statement.
On February 16 2011 09:36 Isomer wrote: I'll only be scared when they design a Starcraft AI that beats Jaedong and Flash
I know this is an exaggeration to extol how good Jaedong and Flash are but if you took even 1/10 the resources thrown at creating Watson, you could easily achieve this considering the computer will have perfect multitask already.
Someone/something had a good game today, nice to see him not get the final jeopardy, lets hope humanity can come back tomorrow. Humans Fighting!!!! lol
I don't know. I mean, the computer gets the information fed to it electronically, so it knows the exact time at which you are allowed to buzz. Let's say it's just tied with the humans in information and knowledge. Then it has a natural advantage, because the humans must listen to Trebek's voice to determine when the question ends and they're allowed to buzz, while Watson gets a signal sent right to it. Doesn't seem fair.
in the back of my mind i thought, man, why didn't anyone else use this strategy?
Its pretty commonly done in Jeopardy by past human players actually.
I would be really interested in seeing the wagering algorithm for DD and final Jeopardy.
Referring to all the Daily Doubles from this episode (Watson got all three in the first game)
The first DD in regular Jeopardy, it happened very early in the game where Watson only had $400. It's natural for any champion contestant to wager the maximum possible ($1000) in these cases if they're compentent.
In Double Jeopardy, the first DD was on Cambridge, a one-word, simple category. The wager was quite big ($6,435 I think) refferring to the amount of material that can be based on one subject keyword. Also can be a wager that allowed Watson to jump way ahead Brad and Ken.
The second DD was on "The Art of the Steal" in which Watson incorrectly answered one question previously despite a 97% confidence level (the actual answer was 11% on his confidence level). Hence, he didn't wager as much as the first one (about $1,201 despite being way ahead of Ken and Brad) because he was unsure of what the clue was asking for. This is why Watson had a 34% or so confidence on Baghdad (altho the right answer).
On February 16 2011 10:42 DTK-m2 wrote: I don't know. I mean, the computer gets the information fed to it electronically, so it knows the exact time at which you are allowed to buzz. Let's say it's just tied with the humans in information and knowledge. Then it has a natural advantage, because the humans must listen to Trebek's voice to determine when the question ends and they're allowed to buzz, while Watson gets a signal sent right to it. Doesn't seem fair.
It doesn't really matter if it isn't fair. The simple fact that it can be done is astonishing.
ps. spoilers would have been nice >< I have to wait 2mo to download it!
I know those are available. but I just found out that actually the wagering algorithm for Watson itself is slightly different due to the 2 day total I believe. It also factors in a confidence in the category.
On February 16 2011 11:11 Tiegrr wrote: Watch the NOVA documentary on Watson for clearer details on how they did it. It's really interesting if you're a tech nerd like me.
i had an audition for jeopardy in september and did pretty well, damn well for a 21 year old. im stoked that a quality company like IBM would sponsor jeopardy which, lets admit is getting less and less popular, however a 3 day event with prior contestants... thats 6 slots that could have gone to me, basically to show off a really good search engine.
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