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Watson is not general AI. Watson is a clever data mining algorithm running on a supercomputer.
by cyrus_ 16y ago
Watson is not general AI. Watson is a clever data mining algorithm running on a supercomputer.
- ddlatham 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect
- Semiapies 16y agoWay to ignore what was said to link to a mendacious wiki page. Hint: AI researchers have been promising the moon for a long time - that page's arguments amount to smugly pointing at paper airplanes as evidence of progress. Yes, Watson is "AI" in the broadest sense, but then so is Minecraft monster path-finding. Comparing this to where AI people have been saying we'd be Real Soon Now for the last ~40 years is like comparing the Android barcode-reader app to artificial vision. I'm a supporter of AI and extropian ideas, but TFA is link-baiting piffle. A Jeopardy!-playing machine is an accomplishment and heralds future advances, but it is a very early step on a long path.