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Well, hopefully he'll do better than he did in the Newlywed Game.
Slate V recounts the untold story of his early game-show struggles
Cute. :rofl:
Slate V recounts the untold story of his early game-show struggles
Cute. :rofl:
That's cute.BobG said:Well, hopefully he'll do better than he did in the Newlywed Game.
Slate V recounts the untold story of his early game-show struggles
Cute. :rofl:
FlexGunship said:There's a site that allows you to play against a simulated Watson. A machine of comparable answering prowess with significantly less computing power. So, instead of quick 3-second bouts, you are allowed to take you time, and both you and Watson can win together (if you both answer properly).
I smoked Watson.
Perhaps timing will be the deciding factor in this battle of awesomeness.
EDIT: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/16/magazine/watson-trivia-game.html
nismaratwork said:Timing would be a serious cheat if that's the advantage, although you're almost certainly brighter than the average Jeapordy contestant.
nismaratwork said:Very late edit: Having seen round 1, it seems that buzzer timing needs to be eliminated from this to be meaningful. Watson gets this before the question is done, and it's... A machine! I'm dissapointed that this is pure gimmick from IBM, especially given the history of these kinds of challenges.
FlexGunship said:Didn't seem that unfair to me. Besides, you can't buzz in before the question ends. IN fact, a human being is responsible for starting the "buzz-in" timer after the question is fully read.
berkeman said:Is that true? I thought that the window opened when the question was exposed. My impression was that the cut to the contestants pressing the button after the question is finished was time-delayed to make it look like they were clicking after the question was done...
(EDIT -- I mean in general on Jeopardy, not just for this Watson match)
FlexGunship said:Well, I can't seem to re-find my source, but yes. It's a producer. So it is kind of a judgement call when the question is ready to be answered.
Ringing in
Contestants must wait until the host finishes reading the clue before ringing in. Ringing in before this point locks the contestant out for one fourth of a second.[10] Lights mounted around the game board illuminate to indicate when contestants may ring in, and the contestant has five seconds to offer a response. Additionally, a tone sounds in conjunction with the illuminated lights on episodes that feature visually-impaired contestants.
Before Trebek's second season, contestants were able to ring in at any time after the clue had been revealed, and a buzzer would sound whenever someone rang in...
nismaratwork said:Very late edit: Having seen round 1, it seems that buzzer timing needs to be eliminated from this to be meaningful. Watson gets this before the question is done, and it's... A machine! I'm dissapointed that this is pure gimmick from IBM, especially given the history of these kinds of challenges.
Argentum Vulpes said:Yes this is a gimmick from IBM showing off their advanced computer programing skills. However unlike Deep Blue, Watson has great potential after the contest that it was designed for. Imagine an expert system in every hospital, ( and when the processing power gets sized down) and ambulance that is up to date on all medical studies, and treatment options. Or a research assistant that can read through millions of GBs of data and information and give you a reasonable and accurate amount of data. Or any other situation where an expert system would be useful.
nismaratwork said:I like that, but centralize it, expand it, and then sell access to it through your phones and other gadgets.
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True... so let's not give it access to our launch codes?
berkeman said:Hmm, looks like you are right. I didn't realize that's how it worked. Found this at wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!
Ringing in
Contestants must wait until the host finishes reading the clue before ringing in. Ringing in before this point locks the contestant out for one fourth of a second.[10] Lights mounted around the game board illuminate to indicate when contestants may ring in, and the contestant has five seconds to offer a response. Additionally, a tone sounds in conjunction with the illuminated lights on episodes that feature visually-impaired contestants.
Before Trebek's second season, contestants were able to ring in at any time after the clue had been revealed, and a buzzer would sound whenever someone rang in...
BobG said:I think this modification adds to the game on TV, but the Commodore 64 version without the delay was much more fun than the later computer versions of the game.
There was a huge advantage to controlling the board, since you knew whether you were going to select an easy question or a hard question and the other competitors didn't. You also knew when you were going to select a question, so the other competitors had to be really fast and focused on beating you in spite of the natural advantage you had.
You'd select an easy question and immediately "buzz in" knowing only that the question would be easy. Then, with your competitors intent on beating you to "buzz in", you'd suddenly pick a hard question in an obscure category and watch the expression on their faces when they "buzzed in" and then read the question they had to answer.
Combined with the fact that we usually played this while drinking beer, our games inevitably degenerated into "Full Contact Jeopardy". Fortunately, the Commodore 64 was very resistant to spilled beer.
Watson may be pretty clever, but I think we would have kicked his butt once the game entered the full contact phase.
Proton Soup said:i find watson a little creepy.
In an early Daily Double question, Watson wagered an oddly precise $6,435, which drew laughs from the crowd.
FlexGunship said:http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/15/ibm-watson-jeopardy-2/
I didn't get to watch the game, I don't have television. But I love this part:
That's so typical of how I would expect a computer to operate. I guess it'll make it easy to spot the Cylons.
Wolf5370 said:If you ever play poker online, its easy to spot the cheats using a poker-bot to play- they bet silly amounts like REaise "$217.48" - so easy to beat (just do what they expect you to do when you have them beat! and leave before they "learn" what you are doing)
BobG said:I'm not sure I'd say using a computerized poker player in an on-line game was as much cheating as an interesting experiment. In many ways, poker is an even more interesting challenge than Jeopardy.
To play Jeopardy, the challenge is first to decipher the language in order to understand the question (and this is a huge challenge) and then to search on the words the computer 'felt' were important. The lower percentage nonselected answers are almost more interesting than the answer the computer selected.
Designing a computer program that can win at poker is an even more interesting challenge. The odds part for each hand is a breeze and can probably work in an on-line game against average players. Upping the level to playing against professional players would require a lot more. The program would have to start interpreting human behavior (based on time to bet, patterns in amounts, etc?). Definitely a different problem than interpreting human language.
ZapperZ said:US Representative Rush Holt, who happens to be a nuclear physicist as well, beat Watson last night.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/02/28/rep-holt-bests-watson/
http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/8433--rep-holt-beats-watson-the-computer-at-jeopardy [Broken]
Zz.
Yes, Watson is designed to understand and process natural language. It uses natural language processing techniques and algorithms to analyze and interpret text and speech.
Watson gathers information from a variety of sources, including databases, documents, and websites. It then stores this information in a structured format that is easily accessible for processing and analysis.
Watson generates answers by using a combination of algorithms, machine learning, and natural language processing. It first analyzes the question and then searches through its vast database of knowledge to find relevant information. It then uses its reasoning capabilities to evaluate and rank potential answers before selecting the most accurate response.
Yes, Watson is constantly learning and improving its performance. It is designed to analyze and learn from its mistakes, as well as receive feedback from its interactions with humans. This allows it to continually enhance its capabilities and accuracy.
Watson has demonstrated remarkable abilities on Jeopardy, outperforming its human competitors in terms of speed and accuracy. However, it is limited to the specific domain of Jeopardy and does not possess the same general intelligence as humans.