[quote=new york times]
For the last three years, I.B.M. scientists have been developing what they expect will be the world’s most advanced "[URL="http://www.research.ibm.com/deepqa/"]question answering” machine[/URL]" able to understand a question posed in everyday human elocution — “natural language,” as computer scientists call it — and respond with a precise, factual answer. In other words, it must do more than what search engines like google and Bing do, which is merely point to a document where you might find the answer. It has to pluck out the correct answer itself. Technologists have long regarded this sort of artificial intelligence as a holy grail, because it would allow machines to converse more naturally with people, letting us ask questions instead of typing keywords. Software firms and university scientists have produced question-answering systems for years, but these have mostly been limited to simply phrased questions. Nobody ever tackled “Jeopardy!” because experts assumed that even for the latest artificial intelligence, the game was simply too hard: the clues are too puzzling and allusive, and the breadth of trivia is too wide.
Watson won $1,000 (in pretend money, anyway), pulled ahead and eventually defeated Gilmartin and Kolani soundly, winning $18,400 to their $12,000 each.
“Watson,” Crain shouted, “is our new champion!”
It was just the beginning. Over the rest of the day, Watson went on a tear, winning four of six games. It displayed remarkable facility with cultural trivia (“This action flick starring Roy Scheider in a high-tech police helicopter was also briefly a TV series” — “What is ‘Blue Thunder’?”), science (“The greyhound originated more than 5,000 years ago in this African country, where it was used to hunt gazelles” — “What is Egypt?”) and sophisticated wordplay (“Classic candy bar that’s a female Supreme Court justice” — “What is Baby Ruth Ginsburg?”).
By the end of the day, the seven human contestants were impressed, and even slightly unnerved, by Watson. Several made references to Skynet, the computer system in the “Terminator” movies that achieves consciousness and decides humanity should be destroyed. “My husband and I talked about what my role in this was,” Samantha Boardman, a graduate student, told me jokingly. “Was I the thing that was going to help the A.I. become aware of itself?” She had distinguished herself with her swift responses to the “Rhyme Time” puzzles in one of her games, winning nearly all of them before Watson could figure out the clues, but it didn’t help. The computer still beat her three times. In one game, she finished with no money. [/quote]
This computer is actively able to "comprehend" a question, process already learned knowledge, and match through statistics and probablities what the answer is, but it has to learn "how" to think which one is right. However this machine has to play in Jeopardy. This is going to take place in febuary 14-16th 2011.
I'd advice americans to tune in on jeopardy that day, I only hope somebody live stream it.
Video with the commercial:
[media][URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8[/URL][/media]
Video with explanation of how Watson thinks and understands natural language:
[media][URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3G2H3DZ8rNc[/URL][/media]
That's fucking insane.
Insanely cool.
Oh fuck Skynet.
and so it begins...
In Soviet Russia, 20Q answers to you!
I cant wait for someone to ask it if god exist and see what people say to its answer
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;26738439]I cant wait for someone to ask it if god exist and see what people say to its answer[/QUOTE]
Well as the video explains it has a confidence level into it's programming, if it thinks it can't answer the question correctly, it will not attempt to answer.
[QUOTE=Beafman;26738861]Well as the video explains it has a confidence level into it's programming, if it thinks it can't answer the question correctly, it will not attempt to answer.[/QUOTE]
doesnt seem like that hard of a question
But the resources it accesses don't agree and it will have very little confidence.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;26739042]doesnt seem like that hard of a question[/QUOTE]
Think about the question for a moment. You seem to think it's an easy answer or not.
But to this you connect, thoughts of higher being creating humanity, thoughts of an afterlife. Leaving you biased on potential answer. The computer collects what it knows from data, but to people, god is personal, he is everything they want him to be. Therefor the parameters of the question would probably make it 0% confident in it's ability to answer such a question.
Imagine if it became self-aware, people would start losing quiz shows all over the place!
[QUOTE=Git;26740024]Imagine if it became self-aware, people would start losing quiz shows all over the place![/QUOTE]
I think this project clearly show that becoming "self-aware" is much harder than thought before.
This is incredible. Imagine the future when everyone has a system like this on their computer, on a smart-phone, or built into their house. I'm eagerly awaiting the day that something like that will be possible.
If it says "I'm ready for my first lesson" I will shit my fucking pants.
[QUOTE=Teh_Spork;26741783]This is incredible. Imagine the future when everyone has a system like this on their computer, on a smart-phone, or built into their house. I'm eagerly awaiting the day that something like that will be possible.[/QUOTE]
I'm terrified of such a day. Because people will become dependant on such a thing, often not being able to decide themselves.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;26744582]I'm terrified of such a day. Because people will become dependant on such a thing, often not being able to decide themselves.[/QUOTE]
hey when a computer can make a much better decision then a human then I will take its advice. what do you not listen to your car when it runs out of gas? because its practically the same thing
"Hey Watson, when do computers take over?"
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;26744629]hey when a computer can make a much better decision then a human then I will take its advice. what do you not listen to your car when it runs out of gas? because its practically the same thing[/QUOTE]
A sensor is not the same as a super computer
[QUOTE=solid_jake;26744680]A sensor is not the same as a super computer[/QUOTE]
Im saying listening to what a machine has to say when it has been proven to work better then a human.
The only difference between a super computer and a sensor is that one cost a lot more to make and is more advanced which kind of gives it even more of a reason to listen to it.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;26744629]hey when a computer can make a much better decision then a human then I will take its advice. what do you not listen to your car when it runs out of gas? because its practically the same thing[/QUOTE]
Yeah now imagine a decade in, people are seriously dependant on the stuff now (hell people have issues being able to survive a few days without a mobile - I know I get cranky) in ways we've not been dependant before.
Mentally attached to it if you, and 10% of the units encounter a critical bug leading to bad decisions. Just as an example. Most of the people with the units would be already so dependant on them, that they would probably in some ways follow even bad advice.
Or imagine, a century into the usage of such device, the changes to the human psyche.
Anyone besides me notice the LBP music?
[QUOTE=wraithcat;26744756]Yeah now imagine a decade in, people are seriously dependant on the stuff now (hell people have issues being able to survive a few days without a mobile - I know I get cranky) in ways we've not been dependant before.
Mentally attached to it if you, and 10% of the units encounter a critical bug[/QUOTE]
well then you ask the good computers how to fix that bug. when the chances of the computer being wrong is less then the chances of a human being wrong then you should use the computer.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;26744756]Yeah now imagine a decade in, people are seriously dependant on the stuff now (hell people have issues being able to survive a few days without a mobile - I know I get cranky) in ways we've not been dependant before.
Mentally attached to it if you, and 10% of the units encounter a critical bug leading to bad decisions. Just as an example. Most of the people with the units would be already so dependant on them, that they would probably in some ways follow even bad advice.
Or imagine, a century into the usage of such device, the changes to the human psyche.[/QUOTE]
Humans are already unreliable as it is. More than 10% of us make bad decisions all the time. If anything this will be an improvement.
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What the hell.
[QUOTE=st ef you;26745264]You left out the games where it glitched:
[url]http://www.wimp.com/ibmjeopardy/[/url][/QUOTE]
That was actually the first video in the thread.
[QUOTE=JaxJesse315;26744660]"Hey Watson, when do computers take over?"[/QUOTE]
Watson: "Now, starting with me."
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