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) > > > ________________________________________ > From: beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org [beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org] On Behalf > Of Douglas Eadline [deadl...@eadline.org] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 08:59 > To: beowulf@beowulf.org > 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. > > -- > Doug > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Doug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
