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So you're saying that a human aided by a computer, internet connection, and access to additional data can answer intentionally formed trivia questions as well a
by kenjackson 16y ago
So you're saying that a human aided by a computer, internet connection, and access to additional data can answer intentionally formed trivia questions as well as an unmanned computer (although I suspect a fair bit slower)?
This is the biggest innovation in computers in my lifetime and kids are like, "but its no Twitter".
- baddox 16y agoWatson doesn't have internet access. It has just learned from thousands of sources and thousands of Jeopardy! questions. Just like human Jeopardy! contestants.
- jhpriestley 16y agoI'm saying that Watson's advantage in trivia-answering comes mainly from aptitudes which are already well-known to favor the computer. Watson's human-level performance at Jeopardy comes from the combination of highly superhuman data retrieval with highly subhuman language processing. Watson is more a spectacle than an innovation.
- nl 16y agoAnd here we see the AI paradox.. As soon as AI succeeds at something, it is simple.
- mkramlich 16y ago"Reverse primary thrust, Marvin." That's what they say to me. "Open airlock number 3, Marvin." "Marvin, can you pick up that piece of paper?" Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Marvin the Paranoid Android, in HHGG
- jhpriestley 16y agoAre you an AI? Your response is completely generic, taking into account none of the specifics of my argument.