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it's been a Hollywood fantasy for years
a machine that thinks like a person can
you hold it a bit closer
sure I think you've improved a great
deal can you speak Bachi of course I can
say it's like a second language to me
artificial intelligence it hasn't lived
up to the dream at least not yet over
the last 50 years there have been lots
of fads in artificial intelligence
things are getting smarter and things
will continue to get
but will computers get so smart they can
answer any question about the
world this one might its name is
Watson Watson is a question answering
system that can take a question in
natural human language and search over
the data that we've fed into the system
that it has analyzed to come up with a
correct answer it's an information
seeking tool that's capable of
understanding your question to make sure
that you get what you want and then
delivers that content through a
naturally flowing dialogue do you have
one of those I I I don't have one of
those right you might get one soon if
this computer passes the test winning
the ultimate brain game
Jeopardy after Germany invaded the
Netherlands this queen her family and
cabinet fled to London Maria who was
Beatrix no Watson who is Willamina that
is
correct with his vast memory Watson
might seem a Jeopardy
natural but can he handle the Ferocious
word
play Jeopardy questions are tricky they
have puns in them they have little jokes
in them just understanding the question
is a pretty big deal humans communicate
very fluently in natural language and
that's where computers struggle
dramatically in RM it's the end of the
world as we know it two in trial matches
Nova gets unique access even when things
don't go as plann feel fine no the worst
thing is if Watson just crashes in the
middle of the game that's what you don't
want but then the second worst thing is
if you have some horrible bug where
Watson starts getting everything wrong
what are trousers no what is Cola we
call them train wrecks no what is taxi
to the dark side no what is artificial
sweetener come on now no what is milk
no very nicely we both beat him good for
you humans woo
did I expect to get fired no but maybe
what I more expected was you know you're
going to lose credibility a garment worn
by a child perhaps aboard an operatic
ship Watson what is pinap for yes how
did you get that Stairway to Heaven
explain as the big match approaches
there's no question Watson's Improvement
what is a puzle nice good job
Watson but is he ready to face the
game's alltime
Champions this is too daunting a task
for a computer I think we've gone from
impressed to blown
away so I don't think the world has ever
seen a machine quite like Watson and
frankly I'm thinking where can we go
from here