[ExI] Watson on NOVA

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Anderson
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:32 PM
To: ExI chat list
Subject: [ExI] Watson on NOVA

 

>Did anyone else see the NOVA about Watson that aired the other day? While
it was not especially technical, although seemingly pretty accurate for as
far as it went. 

 

Ja, worked on me.


>I found the emotions involved with the creators of Watson to be very
interesting. For example, they hired a comedian for a year to "host" test
Jeopardy shows, and he was making fun of Watson when he answered questions
really badly... and the programmers were really offended by that. Very
interesting dynamic.  -Kelly

 

Kelly you have seen 2010 Odyssey 2?  That is the one with Hal's creator Dr.
Chandra getting emotional about having to turn him off.  I can easily see a
person getting emotionally attached to a machine.

 

 

 

 

 

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of spike
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:36 PM
To: 'ExI chat list'
Subject: [ExI] watson on nova

 

 

Lots of good Watson stuff in this NOVA episode, plenty to get me jazzed:

 

http://video.pbs.org/video/1757221034

 

The good stuff is between about 15 minutes and 28 minutes.  We will have
practical companion computers very soon.  All doubts I once suffered have
vanished with this NOVA episode.

 

spike

 

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