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The interesting question is whether the computer can do natural language processing, not whether it can recognize spoken words. Even the human contestants don'
by ianferrel 16y ago
The interesting question is whether the computer can do natural language processing, not whether it can recognize spoken words.
Even the human contestants don't rely on the host reading the questions; they read the board. I guess you could argue that Watson should do OCR of the board, but that's not actually a hard problem, so it wouldn't really add much to the challenge.
They're focusing on language processing, not environmental sensors.
- evo_9 16y agoRight, perfect - that is actually more fundamental and exactly what I was getting at. Is the game currently fair? It's hard to say but watching it seems like there is an advantage there for Watson. I do like the way Jennings downplayed it though. I think he was being almost too kind but compared to how Kasporov handled himself, this is hugely better.
- arctangent 16y agoI haven't seen the video yet but I think the facts will show that the game is reasonably fair, given the different species participating. Whether or not there is an advantage for Watson is, I suppose, rather the point of the exercise ;-)
- Qz 16y agoOf course it's not fair. The question is whether Watson's advantages are offset by its disadvantages.