http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Must-See-TV-IBM-Watson-Heads-for-Jeopardy-Showdown-115684499.html
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8[/youtube]
I can't wait. baddood;
[spoiler]Personally, I'd like to see one of the humans win. goowan[/spoiler]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP4Jc5rGT1A[/youtube]
Quote from: Kefka on February 11, 2011, 01:32:35 PM
also didn't the computer that played that russian in chess win because he got shocked by the current from it and died akudood;
Um, Kasparov isn't dead. confuseddood; confuseddood; confuseddood; confuseddood;
why they start playing battles
oh wait, he's playing against Ken and Brad? that's awesome
i thought it was gonna just be two random contestants
so is the first round available to watch somewhere
nvm someone uploaded it to youtube
i won't bother embeding them since they may get deleted, but for the meantime here's the link at least:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNBWJTGEEA
oh wow he was doing horrible on the second half of the show O_0
Quote from: Thyme on February 14, 2011, 11:18:58 PM
oh wow he was doing horrible on the second half of the show O_0
Yes. It's fun to watch it doing horribly n_u
Quote from: Thyme on February 14, 2011, 11:18:58 PM
oh wow he was doing horrible on the second half of the show O_0
he sure knows his Beatles though n_u
Quote from: Presea on February 14, 2011, 11:31:28 PM
he sure knows his Beatles though n_u
but not his harry potter sillydood;
Quote from: Thyme on February 14, 2011, 11:32:14 PM
but not his harry potter sillydood;
what kinda robot doesn't know his harry potter
Brad is tied with Watson :o
Both of them seem bemused that Watson is beating them. baddood;
Watson won. But, during this match Ken did much better and actually was leading for most of the match. Brad pretty much did the same. baddood; baddood;
What is Toronto??????
how much did you wager
[spoiler]$947[/spoiler]
Quote from: Jill Valentine on February 16, 2011, 08:00:32 PM
What is Toronto??????
how much did you wager
[spoiler]$947[/spoiler]
Oh, you sneak.
So watson gets the answers from a text file and not the spoken language...so he gets a sort of head start by the time we see Watson's Computing bar at the bottom of the screen.
Ken's holding his own right now, last 10 minutes, only a couple thousand behind.
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on February 16, 2011, 08:22:14 PM
So watson gets the answers from a text file and not the spoken language...so he gets a sort of head start by the time we see Watson's Computing bar at the bottom of the screen.
Ken's holding his own right now, last 10 minutes, only a couple thousand behind.
uh Im pretty sure he gets the text file while its being read...
Quote from: Jill Valentine on February 16, 2011, 08:31:09 PM
uh Im pretty sure he gets the text file while its being read...
yep. trebek specifically stated that watson gets it at the same time that the other contestants to.
if u think about it one day watson would be posting on internet forums
Made me laugh how pissed Ken looked when Watson got to answer.
Quote from: Wrench on February 17, 2011, 04:00:12 PM
Made me laugh how pissed Ken looked when Watson got to answer.
yeah, ken actually tried to buzz in for almost every question
watson was just a tiny bit faster on the trigger
Quote from: Alicia Melchiott on February 17, 2011, 05:11:13 PM
yeah, ken actually tried to buzz in for almost every question
watson was just a tiny bit faster on the trigger
I'm pretty sure his strategy was pressing the button first and answering the question second.
Quote from: Hurluberlu on February 17, 2011, 05:22:01 PM
I'm pretty sure his strategy was pressing the button first and answering the question second.
yeah i seem to recall ken even just took a guess and got it right once
on day 2 i think