[Beowulf] IBM's Watson on Jeopardy tonight

[Douglas Eadline]

Wow, I would be interested in your view.

BTW, I just posted some thoughts on
http://clustermonkey.net (I'll be posting
after each day) I think IBM is doing
a good job of educating viewers about
what is going on (and what is not)

I was pleased to note that Watson got the Beowulf
question right (Who is Grendel?)

--
Doug



> should be interesting..
>
> having been on the show( cue Al Yankovic "I lost on Jeopardy")...a lot of
> it is timing in pressing the button when the (hidden to the tv audience)
> light goes on.  the published descriptions are a bit sketchy on how Watson
> pushes the button.  it could have microsecond reaction times.
>
> typically, you've read the answer and already know your response and then
> you wait for the light. (or at least, have a good idea you'll know it
> within 10 seconds or so)
>
> You buzz in, and have a couple second to gather your thoughts to come up
> with the response .
>
> (I was the only contestant to get the Final Jeopardy right.. but not
> enough to overcome the leader.. he had more than twice as much cash as i
> did)
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 08:59
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> Subject: [Beowulf] IBM's Watson on Jeopardy tonight
>
> For those who are not aware, tonight is the face-off between
> man and machine (it is not live, however). This is no chess game.
> Today through Wednesday, on the game show Jeopardy (CBS Network)
> the best human players will attempt to beat Watson, the 2880 core
> IBM Jeopardy computer.
>
> Small write up on ClusterMonkey with some links:
>
>   http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/290/1/
>
> I predict one more defeat for the carbon based life forms.
>
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> Doug
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