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> Jeopardy is not an easy game and beating the best humans at it was an amazing break-through. The Jeopardy game was marketing. The Kasparov game was marketing
by serf 10y ago
> Jeopardy is not an easy game and beating the best humans at it was an amazing break-through.
The Jeopardy game was marketing. The Kasparov game was marketing. Both were very impressive, but they were marketing.
I think it is telling that whenever anyone mentions IBM and AI near each other in speech that mention of a public AI project (see:marketing demo) is usually just a moment away.
It would be much more impressive to me if someone once said "Oh Company X saves Y amount using Watson" or "Watson tech enables X" which are examples that are easy to come up with when speaking of IBM's competitors.
- narrowrail 10y ago>Both were very impressive, but they were marketing. Determining product-market-fit, and go-to-market strategy are also 'marketing.' Most of the time (and, definitely in this case), when people use the term 'marketing' on HN, it is better replaced by promotional/advertising which are much more specific/ meaningful.