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News IBM Watson computer to compete on US game show

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 27 Apr 2009
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  2. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Get it on weakest link it couldn't possibly do any worse that some of the half wits that go on that.
     
    steveo_mcg, 27 Apr 2009
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  3. zimbloggy

    zimbloggy Genius Extraordinaire

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    "understand the questions and provide answers that make sense"

    Don't you mean "understand the answers and provide the questions that make sense"?
     
    zimbloggy, 27 Apr 2009
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  4. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    would
    you like
    to play
    a game
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  5. Skiddywinks

    Skiddywinks Minimodder

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    Interesting. Looking forward to seeing how it performs.
     
    Skiddywinks, 27 Apr 2009
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  6. biebiep

    biebiep What's a Dremel?

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    Classic :')

    Edit: Also, after the show, the world will pause and SkyNet will launch... :p
     
    biebiep, 27 Apr 2009
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  7. Zut

    Zut What's a Dremel?

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    Meh! Question answering systems are much dumber than they look. The sad truth is that statistical methods and Google-style brute force processing are very effective. "Critical thinking" has nothing to do with it!
     
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  8. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    is that weakest link show still around? I liked watching that red headed lady, she was pretty witty :D

    and yeah.. writing a brute force google app which probably presses I feel lucky on top of it XD
     
    thehippoz, 27 Apr 2009
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  9. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    so wait its going to be on that type of show how is this fair, I mean if it has wifi access it will be able to google for all the answers lol
     
    HourBeforeDawn, 27 Apr 2009
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  10. jsheff

    jsheff What's a Dremel?

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    "understand the questions and provide answers that make sense"

    "Don't you mean "understand the answers and provide the questions that make sense"?"

    Don't you mean "Understand the answers and provide the questions that are right"? It can't win if all it's doing is "making sense"!
     
    jsheff, 28 Apr 2009
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  11. KingofthePaupers

    KingofthePaupers What's a Dremel?

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    Jct: "Doing this ends inflation of money?" is one question I'm the only human who claims to have solved and I'd bet Watson cannot.
     
    KingofthePaupers, 19 Feb 2011
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