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Yes, it would have been hard for them to predict that anybody would decide to tackle that particular task. The question from GP is about a much broader range of
by kd0amg 12y ago
Yes, it would have been hard for them to predict that anybody would decide to tackle that particular task. The question from GP is about a much broader range of tasks.
- pinkyand 12y agoWatson understands natural language(to some extent).That's a general capability, not a specific task.
- karmacondon 12y agoWatson was designed to answer Jeopardy questions. If Alex Trebek had used natural language to ask it anything other than a jeopardy question it would have failed spectacularly. ie, "So where are you from?". It was definitely built for one specific task.
- PeterisP 12y agoIt was tuned for that particular task, but the core tech is much more general - the current main application for which IBM is selling the Watson platform is healthcare, which is "a bit" different from answering Jeopardy questions.
- 123testaccount 12y agoNot really. "A runny nose, a fever, body aches" "What are symptoms of flu the with 75% accuracy?" That's dumbed down of course. It's probably more like "This much of this enzyme concentration in blood, that thing in urine" "What is a 17% chance of developing some condition in the next 5 years?"
- ef4 12y agoRight up until it happened, most people didn't think of "Win Jeopardy" as a particular task at all. It was seen as a "broad range of tasks".